I am, indeed, an absolute materialist so far as actual belief goes; with not a shred of credence in any form of supernaturalismโreligion, spiritualism, transcendentalism, metempsychosis, or immortality.
H. P. LovecraftPleasure to me is wonderโthe unexplored, the unexpected, the thing that is hidden and the changeless thing that lurks behind superficial mutability.
H. P. LovecraftWith five feeble senses we pretend to comprehend the boundlessly complex cosmos, yet other beings with wider, stronger, or different range of senses might not only see very differently the things we see, but might see and study whole worlds of matter, energy, and life which lie close at hand yet can never be detected with the senses we have.
H. P. LovecraftIt is easy to remove the mind from harping on the lost illusion of immortality. The disciplined intellect fears nothing and craves no sugar-plum at the day's end, but is content to accept life and serve society as best it may. Personally I would not care for immortality in the least. There is nothing better than oblivion, since in oblivion there is no wish unfulfilled. We had it before we were born, yet did not complain. Shall we whine because we know it will return? It is Elysium enough for me, at any rate.
H. P. Lovecraft