Quotes About Eternity

Be at peace, darling, be at peace, be at peace. Do you remember me? Do you remember? You are, indeed, my only and my last love. Be at peace, I am with you. Think of me, I will be with you, because you and I did not love each other only for one moment, but forever. Do you remember me? Do you remember? Do you remember? And now I feel your tears. Be at peace. It is sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet for me to sleep.

She hoped that her baby was happy and would be waiting for her when she herself left Botswana and went to heaven. Would Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni get round to naming a wedding date before then? She hoped so, although he certainly seemed to be taking his time. Perhaps they could get married in heaven, if he left it too late. That would certainly be cheaper.

wise men are remembered, they always are.

Sub specie aeternitatis, she thought: In the context of eternity, this is nothing, as are all our human affairs.

Because laughs never die away entirely," said Jamie. "At least, if you believe in Marconi.

Ask anybody what their idea of heaven is, and the answer will reveal that person's soul.

Non omnis moriar, said Horace's Odes—I shall not wholly die. Yes, and he was right. As long as people remembered, then death was not complete. Only if there were nobody at all left to remember would death be complete.

Perhaps they could get married in heaven, if he left it too late. That would certainly be cheaper.

And thus they aged, as do all mortals. Until at last the husband found That death had opened wide its portals, Through which he entered, newly crowned.

Darconville drew it all out to this paradox, that on the one hand there are temporary beings whom we love but are ever changing, and beyond them there is the eternal object of love itself which is incorruptible, permanent, and ideal. And yet it is not only through the former that we can take cognizance of the latter, we would, without the former, actually have no idea of the latter, the imperfect relative giving us our only idea of the perfect absolute...

The friends we have lost do not repose under the ground...they are buried deep in our hearts. It has been thus ordained that they may always accompany us...

It is only the dead who do not return.

In this world, all--men, women, and kings--must live for the present. We can only live for the future for God

what is life? Is it not a hall in Death's anteroom?

What is death? One step further into calm and two perhaps into silence.

During Life, we cultivate relationships by spending days with others. During eternity, we cultivate relationships by spending lifetimes with others.

If there is a change, there must be some thing that changes, yet does not change

The sea has left us but the sun remains

The shadows of leaves are addressed to immortality

I have seen a sparrow becoming the world's end

The afterlife unravels before our eyes

I believe in the institution of marriage. Of course being a Mormon, we believe in eternity rather than just till death do us part. If you really try hard, if you make it work, it's blissful. But I also know a marriage that isn't working can be painful.

Our faith is stronger than death, our philosophy is firmer than flesh, and the spread of the Kingdom of God upon the earth is more sublime and more compelling.

Which do you value more, life or honor? Honor,...because everyone must die, but honor lasts forever.