Life must be considered sui generis; it is not a form of energy, nor can it be expressed in terms of something else.

Life must be considered sui generis; it is not a form of energy, nor can it be expressed in terms of something else.

The hypothesis of surviving intelligence and personality - not only surviving but anxious and able with difficulty to communicate - is the simplest and most straightforward and the only one that fits all the facts.

The properties which differentiate living matter from any kind of inorganic imitation may be instinctively felt, but can hardly be formulated without expert knowledge.

Death is not a foe, but an inevitable adventure.

There is a conservation of matter and of energy, there may be a conservation of life; or if not of life, of something which transcends life.

Death is not a word to fear, any more than birth is.