Quotes About Heaven

Heaven goes by favour. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." MARK TWAIN (1835–1910) US

and it was surely the case also that only machines built to so large a scale and of such pristine alloys could bridge the span between heaven and earth with their song on our account and was she alone in these thoughts she wondered or did anyone else have similar feelings about these machines, this technology which of course they didn't

What He really wants is for us to go and meet with Him, and in meeting with Him, to come back into this realm bringing what we have from there to here; to be a gateway of heaven on earth. My journey is from seeing God's works

The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.

In deifying human things the idealists always end in the triumph of a brutal materialism. And this for a very simple reason: the divine evaporates and rises to its own country, heaven, while the brutal alone remains actually on earth.

We often tend to think of the Father as transcendent and far off in heaven; similarly, the Son may seem far removed in history and thus also relatively unknowable. But the Holy Spirit is active within the lives of believers; he is resident within us. He is the particular person of the Trinity through whom the entire Triune Godhead currently works in us.

Once, when Solomon asked her what California was, she had replied, 'Heaven.

I will miss her dearly, and I hope that she is up in heaven right now watching us and smiling, even though deep down I know that if there is an afterlife, she's a pretty much open-and-shut case for hell.

If you love life, 0 Horus, upon his life staff of truth Do not lock the gates of heaven , Do not bolt its bars, Utterance 440 Sarcophagus Chamber, West Wall The king asks for admittance to the sky

Good nature is a man's heaven, The cursing of the [furious] is painful. If you are skilled in speech, you will win, The tongue is [a king's] sword; Speaking is stronger than all fighting, The skillful is not overcome.

The gatekeeper comes out to you, He grasps your hand, Takes you into heaven, to your father Geb. He rejoices at your coming, lives you his hands, Kisses you, caresses you, Utterance 373 Antechamber, West Wall The king is raised from his tomb

Cranes carry this heavy mystical baggage. They're icons of fidelity and happiness. The Vietnamese believe cranes cart our souls up to heaven on our wings.

Heaven is also on earth because it is the Garden of Eden.

Why put yourself in charge of Heaven's cause? Does Heaven need our help to enforce its laws?

ELMIRE. But they affright us so with Heaven's commands! TARTUFFE. I can dispel these foolish fears, dear madam; I know the art of pacifying scruples Heaven forbids, 'tis true, some satisfactions; But we find means to make things right with Heaven.

On n'a pas besoin de lumière, quand on est conduit par le ciel

All the principles of heaven and earth are living inside you. Life itself is truth, and this will never change. Everything in heaven and earth breathes. Breath is the thread that ties creation together.

One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train.

Your voice is a very powerful weapon. When you are in tune with the cosmic breath of heaven and earth, your voice produces true sounds

The Art of Peace is based on the Four Great Virtues: Bravery, Wisdom, Love, and Friendship, symbolized by Fire, Heaven, Earth, and Water

The divine is not something high above us. It is in heaven, it is in earth, it is inside us

Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train.

The character of a great Gothic church is to be soaring, open, spiritual, defiant of earth's gravity, reaching to heaven, not because of, but "in spite of the stone," as the art historian Wilhelm Worringer has said.

In future, every time I was tempted to sit back and ask God to solve my problems, I'd be able to roll up my sleeve and be reminded of what I'd learned at the zoo. That God gave us heaven and earth and loving hearts, and the rest is up to us.