Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide?

French Philosopher

Charles King

You know when I really realized like 'wow' what a gift this is was when I sang at camp and a girl wrote me a letter and said the song that I sung kept her from committing suicide.

Politician

F. H. Bradley

One said of suicide, As long as one has brains one should not blow them out. And another answered, But when one has ceased to have them, too often one cannot.

British Philosopher

Anderson Cooper

That's the thing about suicide. Try as you might to remember how a person lived his life, you always end up thinking about how he ended it.

American Journalist

Henry Adams

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world.

American Historian

Edward Dahlberg

When one realizes that his life is worthless he either commits suicide or travels.

American Novelist

Max Lerner

A world technology means either a world government or world suicide.

Damien Hirst

I think suicide is the most perfect thing you can do in life.

British Artist

Antonio Porchia

Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides.

Italian Poet

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Political courage is not political suicide.

Austrian Actor

Discussing suicide requires sensitivity; it's a serious and delicate topic that can impact those around you.

Sensitive Topic

This definition of suicide refers explicitly to the act of a person intentionally ending their own life.

Literal Meaning

The verb 'commit' is often used with suicide; avoid more casual verbs to maintain respectful language.

Verbal Use

Suicide can be used metaphorically to describe actions with potential negative outcomes, not just actual self-harm.

Metaphorical Use

People might use 'suicide' hyperbolically in casual conversation to emphasize the risk of actions.

Conversational Hyperbole

The figurative sense of 'suicide' is more informal, and it's important to know the context before using it.

Informal Expression

 and thought them to be cannibals, constantly taking people away and returning for more. Afraid of being eaten, or just to avoid further suffering, they committed suicide or starved themselves, believing that in death, their souls would return home. Those who survived were completley dehumanized,

The Atlantic slave...

 Commanders even forbade their soldiers from singing traditional Swiss songs for fear that they'd lead to desertion or suicide. But as migration increased worldwide, nostalgia was observed in various groups. It turned out that anyone separated from their native place for a long time

Why do we feel...

 Robots using algorithms to identify facial expressions can help children learn or provide lonely people with a sense of companionship. Social media companies are considering using algorithms to help prevent suicides by flagging posts that contain specific words or phrases.

Can machines read your...

 Even just talking about depression openly can help. For example, research shows that asking someone about suicidal thoughts actually reduces their suicide risk. Open conversations about mental illness help erode stigma and make it easier for people to ask for help.

What is depression? -...

 changes in appetite, feeling worthless or excessively guilty, sleeping either too much or too little, restlessness or slowness, or persistent thoughts of suicide. Worldwide, about one to three percent of adults

What is bipolar...

 with suicide to woo his paramour with the perfect gift the delicate banded Demoiselle knows that what every girl wants is fast flowing water rich in life-giving oxygen as the best place to lay her eggs each

Deadly Buffalo Fight for...

 This truly is an at-risk population with very few resources to support them. And what happens when people try to assemble themselves back into life, because of our taboos around suicide,

JD Schramm: Break the...

 that explored the value of life amidst absurdity many of which circled back to the same philosophical if life is truly meaningless, is committing suicide the only rational response?

Is life meaningless? And...

 of her son's murder suicide broadcast for the world to see I wish I could follow them now I don't want to live a moment without them mrs. Farhad has even

Mother of a Martyr PIPE...

 me that he had said how I always wondered how that little girl would survive I had thought her only chances were suicide or murder when he told me this