“None of this stuff is really about morality or religion or dogma or big fancy questions of life after death. The capital-T Truth is about life before death.”

“Capital T-truth is about life before death.”

“I know that this stuff probably doesn't sound fun and breezy or grandly inspirational. What it is, so far as I can see, is the truth with a whole lot of rhetorical bullshit pared away. Obviously, you can think of it whatever you wish. But please don't dismiss it as some finger-wagging Dr. Laura sermon. None of this is about morality, or religion, or dogma, or big fancy questions of life after death. The capital- T Truth is about life before death. It is about making it to 30, or maybe 50, without wanting to shoot yourself in the head. It is about simple awareness — awareness of what is so real and essential, so hidden in plain sight all around us, that we have to keep reminding ourselves, over and over: “This is water, this is water.”It is unimaginably hard to do this, to stay conscious and alive, day in and day out.”

“The primary question about life after death is not whether it is a fact, but even if it is, what problems that really solves.”

“The real question is not whether life exists after death. The real question is whether you are alive before death.”

“Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.”