I have never seen what to me seemed an atom of proof that there is a future life. And yet-I am strongly inclined to expect one.

He sins against this life, who slights the next.

Divine wisdom, intending to detain us some time on earth, has done well to cover with a veil the prospect of the life to come; for if our sight could clearly distinguish the opposite bank, who would remain on this tempestuous coast of time?

The grave is the first stage of the journey into eternity.

I don't know what kind of future life I believe in, but I believe that all that we go through here must have some value.

There is no "next" after you are dead and gone from your own world.

Perhaps immortality is a gift of heaven rather than the result of some human effort.

If you really want to find out something about immortality, you have to live in the mountain forests for 30 years. If you succeed in perfecting your eyes and ears there, if you harmonize the heart and the will so that your mind becomes clear and pure and free of all that is evil, you will be able to discuss the matter.

Let us hasten to enjoy our present life. Why bother about what comes after death?