Who said "Death is not an ending, but a transformation."?

This quote is attributed to Niccolò Copernicus.

Death is not an ending, but a transformation. - Niccolò Copernicus

"Death is not an ending, but a transformation."

Niccolò Copernicus Death

Astronomer Mathematician Cleric Polish 1473–1543

"Astronomy is not impious. To know the works of nature is to know the wisdom of God."

"I am not so enamored with my own opinions that I disregard what others have thought."

"The universe is a sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere."

"To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom."

"Death doesn't scare me anymore."

"Death and I are old friends."

"Welcome to my world."

"Death is just the beginning."