<P> Related but distinct is the expression memento mori (remember that you are mortal) which carries some of the same connotation as carpe diem . For Horace, mindfulness of our own mortality is key in making us realize the importance of the moment . "Remember that you are mortal, so seize the day ." Over time the phrase memento mori also came to be associated with penitence, as suggested in many vanitas paintings . Today many listeners will take the two phrases as representing almost opposite approaches, with carpe diem urging us to savour life and memento mori urging us to resist its allure . This is not the original sense of the memento mori phrase as used by Horace . </P> <P> In modern English, the expression "YOLO", meaning "you only live once", expresses a similar sentiment . </P> <P> In the 1989 American film Dead Poets Society, the English teacher John Keating, played by Robin Williams, famously says: "Carpe diem . Seize the day, boys . Make your lives extraordinary ." Later, this line was voted as the 95th greatest movie quote by the American Film Institute . The television series Community later satirized the film with the recurring character of Professor Whitman, a comedically eccentric version of Williams' character who uses "Carpe diem" as his guiding philosophy . </P>

What is the meaning of the phrase carpe diem