Immortality Quotes - Page 5
"My Religion". Book by Leo Tolstoy. Chapter 8, 1884.
James Williams (1892). “Ethandune and Other Poems”
The nearest approach to immortality on earth is a government bureau.
James F. Byrnes (1947). “Spealing Frankly”
And in the wreck of noble lives Something immortal still survives.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”, p.188
But felt through all this fleshly dresse Bright shootes of everlastingnesse.
'The Retreat' l.19 from 'Silex Scintillans' (1650-5)
Ernest Hemingway, Matthew Joseph Bruccoli (1986). “Conversations with Ernest Hemingway”, p.129, Univ. Press of Mississippi
Emily Dickinson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated)”, p.1484, Delphi Classics
The Jewish tradition of learning-is learning. Adam chose knowledge instead of immortality.
Elie Wiesel (2011). “From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences”, p.31, Schocken
Poets alone are sure of immortality; they are the truest diviners of nature.
"Caxtoniana". Essay XXVII, 1863.
Our actions must clothe us with an immortality loathsome or glorious.
Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.37
Paul Carus (1902). “NirvÄna, a Story of Buddhist Psychology”, p.54, Asian Educational Services
Like most people, most Westerners anyway, I have a sneaking suspicion I am immortal.
Mary Cantwell (1995). “Manhattan, When I Was Young”, p.112, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt