N. T. Wright Quotes

Let every man and woman count himself immortal. Let him catch the revelation of Jesus in his resurrection. Let him say not merely, 'Christ is risen,' but 'I shall rise.'

Jesus claimed He had the power to raise himself from the dead and His followers would be raised from the dead. That's a unique claim in the literature of religion.

When I die, I shall soar with angels, and when I die to the angels, what I shall become you cannot imagine.

In Goddess religion death is not feared, but is understood to be a part of life, followed by birth and renewal.

Life - a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.

The transfiguration of Jesus is one of the typical facts of the resurrection of the body; not only of the glorious change, but of the renewed life of the body and of the general judgment day.

If you were to destroy the belief in immortality in mankind, not only love but every living force on which the continuation of all life in the world depended, would dry up at once.

He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

I will burn, but this is a mere event. We shall continue our discussion in eternity.

The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.

Perhaps we don't need these religious concoctions to pillow the fear of death. Just the fact that there is an unknown, and something greater, can bring a feeling of peace. That's enough for me.

The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.

From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.

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.

A mortal lives not through that breath that flows in and that flows out. The source of his life is another and this causes the breath to flow.

There is no death, only a change of worlds.

Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws.

When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.

The literal resurrection of every soul who has lived and died on earth is a certainty, and surely one should make careful preparation for this event. A glorious resurrection should be the goal of every man and woman, for resurrection will be a reality.

I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is no death the way we understood it. The body dies, but not the soul.

The white sail of his soul has rounded the promontory - death.

I think the membrane - I say that the membrane between life and death is perilously thin. And I do think the story of Jesus, this great mythical story, can have transforming value in our lives.

The 'Course in Miracles' says one day you will realize that death is not the punishment but the reward. And it says that birth is not the beginning of life but a continuation. And physical death is not the end of life but a continuation.

Scrutamini scripturas [Latin for “Let us look at the scriptures.”). These two words have undone the world.

The first step to eternal life is you have to die.