Sheldon Solomon famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

If we were immortal, then life would be meaningless, because nothing would be of consequence. Certainly one way of taking the edge off the prospect of our inevitable demise is to ponder how much more horrendous it would be if we persisted in perpetuity. And yet, if you told me I had X number of days left to live, I would lobby for X plus one.
-- Sheldon Solomon

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Culture gives us each a sense that life has meaning and that we have value - by offering us assurances of immortality. Either literally, through the heavens, the soul's afterlives or reincarnation, or by the prospect that some vestige of ourselves will persist over time - from having kids, amassing great fortunes or producing great works of art or science. Yet no culturally constructed symbolic belief system is ever powerful enough to completely eradicate the anxiety that is engendered by the awareness of death.
-- Sheldon Solomon

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Come to terms with death. Thereafter anything is possible.
-- Sheldon Solomon

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Wonder is retained by wise pondering.
Another day in paradise' was his inevitable pronouncement when he settled his head on his pillow. Now I understand what that meant: the uneventful day was a precious gift.
Change is inevitable. Change for the better is a full-time job.
Happiness too is inevitable.
The inevitable has always found me ready and hopeful.
Change is not only likely, it's inevitable.
Damen, seriously, you must know I don't love you because you're immortal, I love you because you're you.
Everything mortal has moments immortal
Well, I have my immortal soul. At least, I'm pretty sure I didn't misplace it somewhere along the way.
... the final judge was truth -- immortal.

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