#afterlife

That human life is but a first installment of the serial soul and that one's individual secret is not lost in the process of earthly dissolution, becomes something more than an optimistic conjecture, and even more than a matter of religious faith, when we remember that only commonsense rules immortality out. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#common-sense #faith

There wasn't a lot of bullshit in my heaven. ↗

— Alice Sebold

#funny #life-quotes #funny

Cynicism is extremely contagious, and the most pious among us cannot long endure its potency. The gullible should be on their guard, however, since this endearing quality frequently masquerades as wit. ↗

— Mike Corbett

#demons #heaven #hell #intelligent-humor #irreverent-humor

The nature of heaven is to provide a place there for all who lead good lives, no matter what their religion may be. ↗

— Emanuel Swedenborg

#heaven #inclusion #nature #religion #swedenborg

He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#contradiction #here #hoped #involved #merely

I don't believe in the afterlife, so I do think when somebody passes, it's worthy of note. ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

#believe #i #i do #note #passes

Endings are not always bad. Most times they're just beginnings in disguise. ↗

— Kim Harrison

#death #death

Death followed by eternity the worst of both worlds. It is a terrible thought. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#death #eternity #experience #life #death

Well, we can't say any more than we can say there is no god, there is no afterlife. We can only say there is no persuasive evidence for or argument for it. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#any #argument #evidence #god #more

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#god #heaven #judgement #talent #life