#mortality

Yes, man is mortal, but that would be only half the trouble. The worst of it is that he's sometimes unexpectedly mortal—there's the trick! ↗

— Mikhail Bulgakov

#unexpected

Love taught me to die with dignity that I might come forth anew in splendor. Born once of flesh, then again of fire, I was reborn a third time to the sound of my name humming haikus in heaven’s mouth. ↗

— Aberjhani

#dignity #faith #haiku #heaven #human-mortality

If death is no longer a fear, we're really free. Free to take any risk under the sun for Christ and for love. ↗

— John Piper

#death #faith #immortality #death

Cheese is milk's leap towards immortality. ↗

— Clifton Fadiman

#immortality #leap #milk #towards

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 Eternally to die for. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#apply #contend #cry #die #dispute

Immortality is a by-product of good work. ↗

— Mel Brooks

#good #good work #immortality #work

Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of. ↗

— Peter Ustinov

#form #immortality #only #sure

If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality. ↗

— Norman Cousins

#because #comes #immortality #life #made

For me, the first fact of human existence is the human body. But if you embrace the reality of the human body, you embrace mortality, and that is a very difficult thing for anything to do because the self-conscious mind cannot imagine non-existence. It's impossible to do. ↗

— David Cronenberg

#because #body #cannot #conscious mind #cult thing

As the inventor of the Immortality Device, I basically just tell people what I honestly think. ↗

— Alex Chiu

#device #honestly #i #immortality #inventor