E. O. Wilson Quotes

There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.

I don't believe in an afterlife.

The human mind cannot be absolutely destroyed along with the body, but something of it remains, which is eternal.

Tis true, 'tis certain; man, though dead, retains Part of himself; the immortal mind remains.

We do not believe in immortality because we can prove it, but we try to prove it because we cannot help believing it.

We are eternal beings. We lived as intelligent spirits before this mortal life. We are now living part of eternity. Our mortal birth was not the beginning; death, which faces all of us, is not the end.

Should I perchance still feel after my death, I would no longer have any doubt, but I would most certainly give the lie to anyone asserting before me that I was dead.

I don't think that the permanence of the individual human soul is an indispensable part of religious thought.

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.

The immortality of the soul is a matter which is of so great consequence to us and which touches us so profoundly that we must have lost all feeling to be indifferent about it.

The doctrine of immortality rests upon human affection. We love; therefore, we wish to live.

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.

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

I happen to believe that there is an afterlife.

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.

We are all part of a vibrant, energetic life force and my overwhelming belief is that the mind survives outside of the body and it survives and works outside the body.

I think it is impossible for human minds to think of Death as a final, irrevocable end to life.

Our mind thinks of death. Our heart thinks of life. Our soul thinks of Immortality.

I remain unconvinced that anything other than rapid decomposition is the fate of my body and mind after death.

Here's my question: What age are you when you're in Heaven?

The Bible talks about your spirit being immortal, that you were created for existence beyond your physical body. Well, that's no different from Scientology! I don't think that because the word someone uses for spirit is thetan that the definition becomes any different.

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

I believe we have a physical body and a soul. It doesn't matter what religion you are, whether or not you believe in God. I think people believe that there is a soul and a body.

Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.