Alive Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

One pays dearly for being immortal: one must die many times during his life.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

We pay dearly for immortality: we die for it more than once during our lifetimes.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“One must pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while still alive.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The first condition of immortality is death.

— Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

The first requisite for immortality is death.

— Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

It is not about striving for immortality, but about accepting mortality.

— Anonymous

Being who you are for ever is the price you pay for im­mor­tal­ity.

— Hannu Rajaniemi

Immortal life is something to be earned, By slow self-conquest, comradeship with Pain, And patient seeking after higher truths.

— Francis Quarles

Immortality is a chancy thing; it cannot be promised or earned. Perhaps it cannot even be identified for what it is.

— Gregory Maguire

Each life makes its own immitation of immortality.

— Stephen King

Tis immortality to die aspiring, As if a man were taken quick to heaven.

— George Chapman

Immortality is to live your life doing good things, and leaving your mark behind.

— Brandon Lee