Quote by Anne Smedley
The belief in immortality has always seemed cowardly to me. When v

The belief in immortality has always seemed cowardly to me. When very young I learned that all things die, and all that we wish of good must be won on this earth or not at all. – Anne Smedley

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It has been said that the immortality of the soul is a grand peut-tre –but still it is a grand one. Everybody clings to it –the stupidest, and dullest, and wickedest of human bipeds is still persuaded that he is immortal. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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The self-existent Lord pierced the senses to turn outward. Thus we look to the world outside and see not the Self within us. A sage withdrew his senses from the world of change and, seeking immortality, looked within and beheld the deathless self. – Katha Upanishad

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I have good hope that there is something after death. – Plato

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