Immortality Quotes

577 quotes by 413 authors

I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books. — Isaac Asimov
One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul. — Honore de Balzac
The insatiable thirst for everything which lies beyond, and which life reveals, is the most living proof of our immortality. — Charles Baudelaire
The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein… — Joseph Addison
Today we bury his remains in the earth as a seed of immortality. Our hearts are full of sadness, yet at the same time of… — Pope Benedict XVI
Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if allowed Would be right proud… — Ambrose Bierce
My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry it out. — Jorge Luis Borges
To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death; what is divine, terrible, incomprehensible, is to… — Jorge Luis Borges
Immortality is a by-product of good work. — Mel Brooks
The only thing wrong with immortality is that it tends to go on forever. — Herb Caen
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying. — Woody Allen
When I die, I shall be content to vanish into nothingness.... No show, however good, could conceivably be good forever I do not believe in… — H. L. Mencken
Motherhood is neither a duty nor a privilege, but simply the way that humanity can satisfy the desire for physical immortality and triumph over the… — Rebecca West
There is no doubt that I have discovered the ultimate in stagnant human societies. The Bikura have realized the human dream of immortality and have… — Dan Simmons
"The Kingdom of Heaven is within you." Where goest thou to seek for the Kingdom of God, asks Jesus of Nazareth, when it is there,… — Swami Vivekananda
If you think about it seriously, all the questions about the soul and the immortality of the soul and paradise and hell are at bottom… — Antonio Gramsci
A philosopher once noted that people long for immortality but run out of things to do on a rainy afternoon. — David Niven
Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of. — Peter Ustinov
We have children because we want immortality and this is the most reliable way of getting it. — Woodrow Wyatt
It's our mortality that terrifies us, because what we're really seeking is immortality - that is, after all, a fool's errand. — Roger Caras

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