Quotes About Paradise

Blessings are disguised as loss and disappointment. Wisdom and revelation are disguised as emptiness and despair. Doorways to paradise are disguised as dirt roads and dead ends.

Paradise is surrounded by what we dislike; the fires of hell are surrounded by what we desire.

Who loves a garden still his Eden keeps.

'Tis writ on Paradise's gate, Woe to the dupe that yields to fate!

While to a certain extent Milton is right-the mind is its own place and in itself can make a Heaven of Hall and so forth-it is nonetheless clear that Plano was modeled less on Paradise than that other, more dolorous city.

L'esprit est son propre lieu et peut faire en lui-même un Paradis de l'Enfer et ainsi de suite

Pride cast Adam out of paradise. He was not content with the place God assigned him. He tried to raise himself, and fell. Thus sin, sorrow and death entered into this world by pride.

Oh! The second Eden will be far better than the first! In the first Eden the door was not shut; our joy was just for a moment. But blessed be God, in the second Eden the Lord will shut us in.

When you die, if you get a choice between going to regular heaven or pie heaven, choose pie heaven. It might be a trick, but if it's not, mmmmm boy!

Se antoja pensar que el hombre decidió voluntariamente perder el "Paraíso" de la Unidad inconsciente con la Lattice para ganar el Paraíso de la Unidad Consciente con la misma Lattice. En esta pérdida y ganancia Dios actuó como cómplice por su "deseo" de ser acompañado por alguien de su misma osadía y altura.  El éxito en esta "aventura magistral" está todavía por verse.

Through faith we are restored to paradise and created anew. We have no need of works in order to be righteous; however, in order to avoid idleness and so that the body might be cared for an disciplined, works are done freely to please God.

People haven't changed much over the years. From what I've been reading, it looks like many of these religions make you have to work your way to paradise, or heaven, or whatever eternity means to them." "Good

For me, paradise was the present

To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.

How fair, to sinless Adam, Eden smiled! But sin brought tears, and Eden was wild!

A Perfect World. Kevin Costner

INTO PARADISE MAY THE ANGELS LEAD YOU,'" he'd said over my mother's grave; and so I say that one for him—I know it was one of his favorites. I am always saying prayers for Owen Meany. And

INTO PARADISE MAY THE ANGELS LEAD YOU

For what has made the sage or poet write but the fair paradise of Nature's light?

Fanatikler rüyalar?nda kendi mezheplerinden olanlara cennet kap?lar?n? açar.

Fanatics have their dreams wherewith they weave A paradise for a sect. The savage too From forth the loftiest fashion of his sleep Guesses at heaven.

In heaven all the interesting people are missing. FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE

They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms: Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide; They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.

Then wilt thou not be loath To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess A Paradise within thee, happier far.