Death would be an extremely bad thing like most of us paint it, if being dead were painful.

Other than the promise of life after death, nothing consoles the poor better than the fact that rich people are also subject to death.

Even those who want to go to heaven would rather kill than be killed.

You need to be greedy or ignorant to truly want to live forever.

All preachers speak confidently about life after death as if they once died, even though almost all of them have never even fainted.

We the living are to blame for the painfulness of being dead.

Death would not surprise us as often as it does, if we let go of the misbelief that newborns are less mortal than the elderly.

Attending a funeral would leave the average person insane, if they truly believed that sooner or later they are also going to die.

The religious worry about life after death at the expense of life before death.