Umberto Eco Quotes

Death anxiety is the mother of all religions, which, in one way or another, attempt to temper the anguish of our finitude.

Mortality applies to every aspect of life. The fear of death is the driving fear of life.

I don't think having a fear of death is unreasonable.

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 want this life to end," said Alexander. "The good, the bad, the everything, the very old, to ever end.

Hell, I don't want to grow old at all. I never want to die.

Death is terrifying, but it would be even more terrifying to find out that you are going to live forever and never die.

I don't want to die. I think death is a greatly overrated experience.

I am death-fearing. I don't think I'm morbid. That seems to me a fear of death that goes beyond the rational. Whereas it seems to me to be entirely rational to fear death!

We want our idols to be dead because it makes death a much less scary place.

We like lists because we don't want to die.

To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death; what is divine, terrible, incomprehensible, is to know that one is immortal.

I've always been terrified of dying, always. It was a concern of mine long before it had to be.

Ever since childhood, when I found out that the ultimate fate for all humans was death, sheer terror and morbid curiosity had been fighting for supremacy in my mind.

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

It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens.

The elimination of the fear of death transforms the individual's way of being in the world.

I'm not afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens.

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 fear of death comes from limited awareness.

I'm not afraid of dying I just don't want to be there when it happens.

I want to live forever, and I know I won't. I'm not afraid of dying. I'm only afraid of one thing: not being able to raise my kids.

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 am not sure our brains and our psychologies are ready for immortality.

I might be deceiving myself but I do not think that I do have an inordinate fear of death.