"It would be an undoubted advantage if we were to leave God out altogether and admit the purely human origins of all the precepts and regulations of civilization"

Sigmund Freud

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@3 weeks ago with 17 notes
#sigmund freud #death #god #psychology #religion 

"We’re all going to die. Some people are scared of dying. never be afraid to die. Because you’re born to die."

Walter Breuning, died aged 114

(Source: kemmannu.com)

@6 months ago
#death 

"

I would love to believe that when I die I will live again, that some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will continue. But much as I want to believe that, and despite the ancient and worldwide cultural traditions that assert an afterlife, I know of nothing to suggest that it is more than wishful thinking.

The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there’s little good evidence. Far better it seems to me, in our vulnerability, is to look death in the eye and to be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.

"

Carl Sagan (via ageofreason)
@7 months ago with 273 notes
#carl sagan #death #philosophy #religion #atheism 
ageofreason: “When my husband died, because he was so famous & known for not being a believer, many people would come up to me — it still sometimes happens — & ask me if Carl changed at the end & converted to a belief in an afterlife. They also frequently ask me if I think I will see him again. Carl faced his death with unflagging courage & never sought refuge in illusions. The tragedy was that we knew we would never see each other again. I don’t ever expect to be reunited with Carl. But, the great thing is that when we were together, for nearly twenty years, we lived with a vivid appreciation of how brief & precious life is. We never trivialized the meaning of death by pretending it was anything other than a final parting. Every single moment that we were alive & we were together was miraculous — not miraculous in the sense of inexplicable or supernatural. We knew we were beneficiaries of chance… That pure chance could be so generous & so kind… That we could find each other, as Carl wrote so beautifully in Cosmos, you know, in the vastness of space & the immensity of time… That we could be together for twenty years. That is something which sustains me & it’s much more meaningful…  The way he treated me & the way I treated him, the way we took care of each other & our family, while he lived. That is so much more important than the idea I will see him someday. I don’t think I’ll ever see Carl again. But I saw him. We saw each other. We found each other in the cosmos, and that was wonderful.“  - Ann Druyan, talking about her husband, Carl Sagan

ageofreason:

“When my husband died, because he was so famous & known for not being a believer, many people would come up to me — it still sometimes happens — & ask me if Carl changed at the end & converted to a belief in an afterlife. They also frequently ask me if I think I will see him again. Carl faced his death with unflagging courage & never sought refuge in illusions. The tragedy was that we knew we would never see each other again. I don’t ever expect to be reunited with Carl. But, the great thing is that when we were together, for nearly twenty years, we lived with a vivid appreciation of how brief & precious life is. We never trivialized the meaning of death by pretending it was anything other than a final parting. Every single moment that we were alive & we were together was miraculous — not miraculous in the sense of inexplicable or supernatural. We knew we were beneficiaries of chance… That pure chance could be so generous & so kind… That we could find each other, as Carl wrote so beautifully in Cosmos, you know, in the vastness of space & the immensity of time… That we could be together for twenty years. That is something which sustains me & it’s much more meaningful… 

The way he treated me & the way I treated him, the way we took care of each other & our family, while he lived. That is so much more important than the idea I will see him someday. I don’t think I’ll ever see Carl again. But I saw him. We saw each other. We found each other in the cosmos, and that was wonderful.“ 

- Ann Druyan, talking about her husband, Carl Sagan

@8 months ago with 3994 notes
#Carl Sagan #life #afterlife #death #beauty 

"I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark."

Stephen Hawking, in an exclusive interview with The Guardian, expanding on remarks made in his most recent book, The Grand Design. | [guardian.] | (via thedailywhat)

(via russianelfinprincess)

@9 months ago with 2111 notes
#stephen hawking #science #religion #death #atheism 

"Why should I fear death
If I am, Death is not
If death is, I am not
Why should I fear that which could not exist when I do?"

Epicurus (via grimmeh)

(via smtwhfs)

@10 months ago with 327 notes
#epicurus #death #philosophy 
familiaranimal: Dying words.

familiaranimal:

Dying words.

(via fuckyeahexistentialism)

@10 months ago with 487 notes
#ludwig wittgenstein #death 

"We’re all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn’t. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing."

Charles Bukowski (via mirroir)

(via russianelfinprincess)

@10 months ago with 151 notes
#charles bukowski #death 

"This [the meaning of death] is, admittedly, affected by changing views about survival; but whether we believe in survival or not, death is an important and permanent aspect of the human condition, affecting the meaning and value of life."

Oswald Hanfling
@2 months ago with 3 notes
#death #philosophy #existentialism 

"Don’t you dare ask god to help me."

Joan Crawford on her death bed. (via thatswhatshesaidquotes)

(via bigmouthedwoman)

@7 months ago with 23 notes
#Joan Crawford #death 

"Death is there as the only reality. After death the chips are down. I am not free either to perpetuate myself, but a slave, and above all a slave without hope of an eternal revolution, without recourse to contempt. And who without revolution and without contempt can remain a slave? What freedom can exist in the fullest sense without assurance of eternity?"

Albert Camus
@7 months ago with 20 notes
#albert camus #philosophy #death #existentialism 

"Carl faced his death with unflagging courage & never sought refuge in illusions. The tragedy was that we knew we would never see each other again. I don’t ever expect to be reunited with Carl. But, the great thing is that when we were together, for nearly twenty years, we lived with a vivid appreciation of how brief & precious life is."

Ann Druyan, talking about her husband, Carl Sagan (via goodgodless)

(via askanatheist)

@8 months ago with 9 notes
#carl sagan #ann druyan #science #death 

"Well, so I’m going to die. Sooner than other people will, obviously. But everybody knows life isn’t worth living. Deep down I knew perfectly well that it doesn’t much matter whether you die at thirty or at seventy, since in either case other men and women will naturally go on living—and for thousands for years. In fact, nothing could be clearer. Whether it was now or twenty years from now, I would still be the one dying. At that point, what would disturb my train of thought was the terrifying leap I would feel my heart take at the idea of having twenty years more of life ahead of me. But I simply had to stifle it by imagining what I’d be thinking in twenty years when it would all come down to the same thing anyway. Since we’re all going to die, it’s obvious that when and how don’t matter. Therefore (and the difficult thing was not to lose sight of all the reasoning that went into this “therefore”), I had to accept the rejection of my appeal."

Albert Camus, The Stranger  (via sodamneasytocavein)

(Source: greatrelease, via russianelfinprincess)

@10 months ago with 52 notes
#albert camus #death #philosophy 
unsubstantiatedrumors: “She was beautiful in face and form, and lovelier still in spirit; As a flower she grew, and as a fair young flower she died. Her life had been always in the sunshine; there had never come to her a single sorrow; and none ever knew her who did not love and revere her for the bright, sunny temper and her saintly unselfishness. Fair, pure, and joyous as a maiden; loving , tender, and happy. As a young wife; when she had just become a mother, when her life seemed to be just begun, and when the years seemed so bright before her—then, by a strange and terrible fate, death came to her. And when my heart’s dearest died, the light went from my life forever.” Theodore Roosevelt’s diary entry on the day his wife died.

unsubstantiatedrumors:

“She was beautiful in face and form, and lovelier still in spirit; As a flower she grew, and as a fair young flower she died. Her life had been always in the sunshine; there had never come to her a single sorrow; and none ever knew her who did not love and revere her for the bright, sunny temper and her saintly unselfishness. Fair, pure, and joyous as a maiden; loving , tender, and happy. As a young wife; when she had just become a mother, when her life seemed to be just begun, and when the years seemed so bright before her—then, by a strange and terrible fate, death came to her. And when my heart’s dearest died, the light went from my life forever.”


Theodore Roosevelt’s diary entry on the day his wife died.

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@10 months ago with 220 notes
#theodore roosevelt #death 

"If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster."

Isaac Asimov (via wordpainting)
@10 months ago with 104 notes
#issaac asimov #death 
"It would be an undoubted advantage if we were to leave God out altogether and admit the purely human origins of all the precepts and regulations of civilization"

Sigmund Freud

(Submitted by pentzski)

(Source: philosophy-quotes)

3 weeks ago
#sigmund freud #death #god #psychology #religion 
"This [the meaning of death] is, admittedly, affected by changing views about survival; but whether we believe in survival or not, death is an important and permanent aspect of the human condition, affecting the meaning and value of life."
Oswald Hanfling
2 months ago
#death #philosophy #existentialism 
"We’re all going to die. Some people are scared of dying. never be afraid to die. Because you’re born to die."
Walter Breuning, died aged 114

(Source: kemmannu.com)

6 months ago
#death 
"Don’t you dare ask god to help me."
Joan Crawford on her death bed. (via thatswhatshesaidquotes)

(via bigmouthedwoman)

7 months ago
#Joan Crawford #death 
"

I would love to believe that when I die I will live again, that some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will continue. But much as I want to believe that, and despite the ancient and worldwide cultural traditions that assert an afterlife, I know of nothing to suggest that it is more than wishful thinking.

The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there’s little good evidence. Far better it seems to me, in our vulnerability, is to look death in the eye and to be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.

"
Carl Sagan (via ageofreason)
7 months ago
#carl sagan #death #philosophy #religion #atheism 
"Death is there as the only reality. After death the chips are down. I am not free either to perpetuate myself, but a slave, and above all a slave without hope of an eternal revolution, without recourse to contempt. And who without revolution and without contempt can remain a slave? What freedom can exist in the fullest sense without assurance of eternity?"
Albert Camus
7 months ago
#albert camus #philosophy #death #existentialism 
ageofreason: “When my husband died, because he was so famous & known for not being a believer, many people would come up to me — it still sometimes happens — & ask me if Carl changed at the end & converted to a belief in an afterlife. They also frequently ask me if I think I will see him again. Carl faced his death with unflagging courage & never sought refuge in illusions. The tragedy was that we knew we would never see each other again. I don’t ever expect to be reunited with Carl. But, the great thing is that when we were together, for nearly twenty years, we lived with a vivid appreciation of how brief & precious life is. We never trivialized the meaning of death by pretending it was anything other than a final parting. Every single moment that we were alive & we were together was miraculous — not miraculous in the sense of inexplicable or supernatural. We knew we were beneficiaries of chance… That pure chance could be so generous & so kind… That we could find each other, as Carl wrote so beautifully in Cosmos, you know, in the vastness of space & the immensity of time… That we could be together for twenty years. That is something which sustains me & it’s much more meaningful…  The way he treated me & the way I treated him, the way we took care of each other & our family, while he lived. That is so much more important than the idea I will see him someday. I don’t think I’ll ever see Carl again. But I saw him. We saw each other. We found each other in the cosmos, and that was wonderful.“  - Ann Druyan, talking about her husband, Carl Sagan
8 months ago
#Carl Sagan #life #afterlife #death #beauty 
"Carl faced his death with unflagging courage & never sought refuge in illusions. The tragedy was that we knew we would never see each other again. I don’t ever expect to be reunited with Carl. But, the great thing is that when we were together, for nearly twenty years, we lived with a vivid appreciation of how brief & precious life is."
Ann Druyan, talking about her husband, Carl Sagan (via goodgodless)

(via askanatheist)

8 months ago
#carl sagan #ann druyan #science #death 
"I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark."
Stephen Hawking, in an exclusive interview with The Guardian, expanding on remarks made in his most recent book, The Grand Design. | [guardian.] | (via thedailywhat)

(via russianelfinprincess)

9 months ago
#stephen hawking #science #religion #death #atheism 
"Well, so I’m going to die. Sooner than other people will, obviously. But everybody knows life isn’t worth living. Deep down I knew perfectly well that it doesn’t much matter whether you die at thirty or at seventy, since in either case other men and women will naturally go on living—and for thousands for years. In fact, nothing could be clearer. Whether it was now or twenty years from now, I would still be the one dying. At that point, what would disturb my train of thought was the terrifying leap I would feel my heart take at the idea of having twenty years more of life ahead of me. But I simply had to stifle it by imagining what I’d be thinking in twenty years when it would all come down to the same thing anyway. Since we’re all going to die, it’s obvious that when and how don’t matter. Therefore (and the difficult thing was not to lose sight of all the reasoning that went into this “therefore”), I had to accept the rejection of my appeal."
Albert Camus, The Stranger  (via sodamneasytocavein)

(Source: greatrelease, via russianelfinprincess)

10 months ago
#albert camus #death #philosophy 
"Why should I fear death
If I am, Death is not
If death is, I am not
Why should I fear that which could not exist when I do?"
Epicurus (via grimmeh)

(via smtwhfs)

10 months ago
#epicurus #death #philosophy 
unsubstantiatedrumors: “She was beautiful in face and form, and lovelier still in spirit; As a flower she grew, and as a fair young flower she died. Her life had been always in the sunshine; there had never come to her a single sorrow; and none ever knew her who did not love and revere her for the bright, sunny temper and her saintly unselfishness. Fair, pure, and joyous as a maiden; loving , tender, and happy. As a young wife; when she had just become a mother, when her life seemed to be just begun, and when the years seemed so bright before her—then, by a strange and terrible fate, death came to her. And when my heart’s dearest died, the light went from my life forever.” Theodore Roosevelt’s diary entry on the day his wife died.
10 months ago
#theodore roosevelt #death 
familiaranimal: Dying words.
10 months ago
#ludwig wittgenstein #death 
"If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster."
Isaac Asimov (via wordpainting)
10 months ago
#issaac asimov #death 
"We’re all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn’t. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing."
Charles Bukowski (via mirroir)

(via russianelfinprincess)

10 months ago
#charles bukowski #death