W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

Unbeing dead isn't being alive.

Death, the most dreaded of evils, is therefore of no concern to us; for while we exist death is not present, and when death is present we no longer exist.

We can imagine our bodies being destroyed, our brains ceasing to function, our bones turning to dust, but it is harder - some would say impossible - to imagine the end of our very existence.

It is impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune.

In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions that life puts to us.

I start thinking about life after death. I've got to quit thinking about it because it's very deep. Very deep. Sometimes you start thinking about it, and you don't feel like you want to be alive, so I don't like to get all quiet.

For those who seek to understand it, death is a highly creative force. The highest spiritual values of life can originate from the thought and study of death.

I'm very comfortable with the nature of life and death, and that we come to an end. What's most difficult to imagine is that those dreams and early yearnings and desires of childhood and adolescence will also disappear. But who knows? Maybe you become part of the eternal whatever.

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

I would hate the thought of dying full stop; I've got to be honest with you.

I guess on one hand I believe it doesn't matter if there is life after death.

Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

Someone dying asks if there is life after death. Yes, comes the answer, only not yours.

Do you believe in immortality? No, and one life is enough for me.

I've always been slightly preoccupied with death or whatever those kind of silly big questions people will tell you to not spend your time worrying about.

I do think there must be some kind of interaction between your living life and the life that goes on from here.

If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character, would you slow down? Or speed up?

Death is the veil which those who live call life; They sleep, and it is lifted.

Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.

I'm not afraid of death at all.

Death is like taking an intermission when you can't come back. I like living and being around.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

No man can pass into eternity, for he is already in it.

Death is a false fear. When it is here, you won't be. When it's not, you are here.

Sometimes I would make myself very still and try to imagine myself dead. I tried to invoke the feeling of the very last breath I would take.