733 Quotes About Immortality

Unless a reincarnationist is willing to say there was a 'first generation' of souls created with the first humans, he is exposed to absurdity by the recency of human life on the planet.

The need to be Lean should be learnt from the jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii) which has the ability to transform itself into a younger state to fulfill her desire of immortality

The greatest sin you could commit is immortality, because it means that you’ll eventually commit all else.

Ever since Plato most philosophers have considered it part of their business to produce ‘proofs’ of immortality and the existence of God. They have found fault with the proofs of their predecessors — Saint Thomas rejected Saint Anselm's proofs, and Kant rejected Descartes' — but they have supplied new ones of their own. In order to make their proofs seem valid, they have had to falsify logic, to make mathematics mystical, and to pretend that deepseated prejudices were heaven-sent intuitions.

I do not believe in any religion, I will have nothing to do with immortality. We are miserable enough in this life without speculating upon another.

You know, there's a reason we can remember," [Catarina] said more softly."That's much easier when your life has an expiration date.""It may be more important for us.

In the library, time is dammed up-- not just stopped but saved. The library is a gathering pool of narratives and of the people who came to find them. It is where we can glimpse immortality; in the library, we can live forever.

All love is immortal.

I know exactly what I would do with immortality: I would read every book in the library.