#afterlife

Sydney did not believe in life after death, but in her experience, admitting this could lead to long and complicated discussions in which people seemed to think that since she did not believe in God or the afterlife, there was nothing to stop her from becoming an ax murderer. ↗

— Maureen F. McHugh

#atheist #funny #death

People, I thought, wanted security. They couldn't bear the though of their loved ones not existing, and couldn't even imagine themselves not existing. I finally decided that people believe in an afterlife because they couldn't bear not to. ↗

— John Green

#death #heaven #life #religion #death

I'm using the afterlife as a backdrop against which to explore the joys and complexities of being human - it turns out that it's a great lens with which to understand what matters to us. ↗

— David Eagleman

#against #backdrop #being #being human #complexities

We don't really understand most of what's happening in the cosmos. Is there any afterlife? Who knows. ↗

— David Eagleman

#any #cosmos #happening #knows #most

There is no beyond, there is only here, the infinitely small, infinitely great and utterly demanding present. ↗

— Iris Murdoch

#death #life #religion #death

Do for this life as if you live forever, do for the afterlife as if you die tomorrow. ↗

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

#die #forever #life #live #tomorrow

I am fashionably unimpressed with the material world. I am moved by the beauty of aspiration, and I hope that I can elevate myself to the standards I have imposed on others. ↗

— Mike Corbett

#demons #heaven #hell #intelligent-humor #politics

The day after Paul Newman was dead, he was twice as dead. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#death #dying #tell-them-whatever-you-want #death

I had lost all hope believing that the Gods had created a soul mate to belong to me but now I have you here in my arms, I know it was worth all my lifetimes in wait. ↗

— Stephanie Hudson

#afterlife

That's what heaven is. You get to make sense of your yesterdays ↗

— Mitch Albom

#understanding #afterlife