The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or die. But the embodied spirit sees death on the horizon as soon as its day dawns.

Quote by Thomas Hobbes

Topics: Death And Dying Quotes, Spirit Quotes

A man's conscience and his judgment is the same thing; and as the judgment, so...

A man's conscience and his judgment is the same thing; and as the judgment, so...

The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no...

The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no...

I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.

I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.

They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that dislike it, heresy;...

They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that dislike it, heresy;...

Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy.

Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy.

Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency...

Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency...

No man's error becomes his own Law; nor obliges him to persist in it.

No man's error becomes his own Law; nor obliges him to persist in it.

The science which teacheth arts and handicrafts is merely science for the gaining of a...

The science which teacheth arts and handicrafts is merely science for the gaining of a...

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law

During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe,...

During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe,...

The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave,...

The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave,...

That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for...

That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for...

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.

In the state of nature profit is the measure of right.

In the state of nature profit is the measure of right.

The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or...

The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or...

No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear and...

No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear and...

Fear of things invisible in the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth...

Fear of things invisible in the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth...

The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject, but man only.

The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject, but man only.

Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things...

Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things...

The flesh endures the storms of the present alone; the mind, those of the past...

The flesh endures the storms of the present alone; the mind, those of the past...