Michael Shermer Quotes

I'm always curious about what happens when we die. And I'd like to think that somehow the spirit goes on. I'd rather not think that it's just about this.

Everybody is going to die, so people are enthralled by the possibility that they don't have to completely die, that there is something that comes afterward. It's like if you're going to France for the summer, you're going to read up on it. Everyone just wants to know where they're going, or if they're going anywhere.

I think death is just a transition to another state of consciousness.

Corporeal death is not the whole story.

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

Death does not exist.

We fear death so profoundly, not because it means the end of our body, but because it means the end of our consciousness - better to be a spirit in Heaven than a zombie on Earth.

I don't believe there's an afterlife - but I don't believe there's an end to life. Consciousness goes beyond the bounds of your body.

I believe humans have a soul that continues to exist after they die, but I don't know what form that will take.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

I guess I don't believe that death is the end.

I wouldn't mind at all coming back to earth after my death.

I don't think that because you die and move on to somewhere else that you lose your sense of humor.

I don't believe in death, neither in flesh nor in spirit.

Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the realization of the possibility is quite a different thing.

Everyone focuses on the earthly state, but how cool might death be? I believe in spiritual rebirth, and I can't wait to experience that.

I believe in the immortality of all creatures.

I think that, when you die, you go back to where you came from before you were born. So I don't think death is a bad thing.

I'm never afraid to die. I think that's the best thing that can happen to somebody is they get to move on and do something better.

There is no death, only a change of worlds.

Dead people never seem to address the obvious - the things you'd think they'd be bursting to talk about, and the things all of us not-yet-dead are madly curious about. Such as: 'Hey, where are you now? What do you do all day? What's it feel like being dead? Can you see me? Even when I'm on the toilet? Would you cut that out?'

I don't believe in the afterlife.

I happen to believe that there is an afterlife.

I don't believe in death.

If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I'm not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I've got.