100 per cent of us die, and the percentage cannot be increased.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Mortality is absolute and universal for all humans, with no possibility of increasing the certainty of death.
- In plain terms
- Everyone dies, and that fact cannot change.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept mortality as a universal certainty.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does knowing you will die affect your choices?
- What do you leave behind?
Another view
Some religious beliefs suggest exceptions to universal mortality.
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