Quotes About Eternity

In the past an artist produced things that were necessary socially; they were instruments, albeit of a special kind, that helped the dead reach eternity, spells to be cast, prayers to be liturgically fleshed. . . . The aesthetic component of those instruments enhanced their function but was never central, never an independent, nonutilitarian thing.

And he has created eternity, which was to have measured his power, and which measures his unending defeat.

El cosmos es infinito y sin fronteras, y tampoco tiene límites su odio, y cada día, cada hora, puede alcanzarnos

siempre y en todas partes es lo mismo que nunca y en ningún lugar.

No confiéis en aquellos de vosotros que consideran que única y simplemente anheláis la inmortalidad, porque aunque estén diciendo la verdad, no es esta sino superficial e incompleta. La inmortalidad del individuo no os saciaría. Siempre exigís más, aunque no seáis capaces de denominar el objeto de vuestro deseo.

The living and dead were thrown together, and the dead looked away first. -Description of Doomsday

You must cultivate your hope if you are to live in joy. You need to think on what is coming. Remember the words of Peter: "Set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ" (1 Peter 1:13 ESV).

That is why we must remember that though happiness is rooted in our circumstances, joy is rooted in eternity.

Il tempo è un grande fiume. Tutto quello che possiamo vedere di lui è un po' d'acqua raccolta nelle nostre mani. Anche se quell'acqua a volte è torbida, sappi che il grande fiume scorre limpido, prima e dopo di noi.

Only those could maintain certainty who were themselves of great permanence – like the stars, the mountains and the sea.

he knew beyond words, beyond thought, beyond understanding that this wonder, this joy, this aching togetherness would never end.

Times may change; Cynsters never do

and it was there. It will always be there for you now.

Human beings like us may never have evolved before and may never evolve again in this or any other universe. As far as anyone knows, we are alone in an inconceivably vast cosmos that has no interest at all in our fate. I do not believe that I existed in any meaningful sense before my birth or will exist again after my death either here on earth or in a heaven, a hell, or any other realm.

What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

all the bad things I do will go up in smoke and so will I if

Downtown. Lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder. And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.

Y en ese momento, juro que éramos infinitos.

Five minutes of a lifetime

E, nesse momento, juro: éramos infinitos.

i feel infinite

and remember when we all felt infinite

and i swear, in this moment we are infinite.

Y estaba realmente allí. Y eso fue suficiente para hacerme sentir infinito.