Distorted SkullThis is one of the most useful and powerful reminders you can have: The phrase Memento Mori was often represented in classical art as a skull thats been distorted or warped. The phrase is Latin for remember that you are going to die. When you remember youre going to die, youll consider more deeply how you are going to live. This is what makes us humans so unique: Were aware of our mortality Were truly conscious of death in a way no other creature is