Michel Onfray Quotes

If we don't know life, how can we know death?

There's only two things. There's life, and there's death.

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.

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

Nothing is more dreadful in life than the profound thought that death may only greet you with eternal nothingness.

You get rid of the fear of death by understanding that it is an integral fact of our existence. You do that through will and reason.

Let us beware of saying that death is the opposite of life. The living being is only a species of the dead, and a very rare species.

Life is but a moment, death also is but another.

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

Afterlife, in my mind, is pretty much nothing. This is it. This is what we get, for me.

Death showed up in my life very early on, so I'm aware of it. If you look at most of the things I write there's a sort of contemplation of mortality - although 'True Blood' doesn't fall into that. Even though there's such a ridiculously high body count!

We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another which will be eternal.

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

Although many of us fear death, I think there is something illogical about it.

Any real belief in death is just wishful thinking.

I don't want to die. I can't wrap my head around the concept of death because I'm totally atheist. There's nothing after life in my head, whether that's right or wrong.

I don't think we're any more preoccupied by life and death or heaven and hell than anyone else, but it's fun to write about the inevitable - you're alive, and you're going to die.

Can death be sleep, when life is but a dream, And scenes of bliss pass as a phantom by? ---"On death

If everything that ever lived is dead, and everything alive is gonna die...where does the sacred part come in?

Your faith is very important. I have done the math, and you are going to be dead a whole lot longer that you will be alive.

Unbeing dead isn't being alive.

I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.

Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Be grateful it happens in that order.

The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or die. But the embodied spirit sees death on the horizon as soon as its day dawns.

Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to prepare oneself for eternity!