Quotes About Eternity

One of the greatest gifts we can give people is the hope that their death is nothing to fear - you know, not that it has no fear in it, but the promise of scripture is that God will lead us through the valley of the shadow of death.

The good news is that even though we walk through this valley of death, we don't have to fear, at least not for ourselves! Unfortunately, there is no way to skip over the valley altogether, we must face death and the evidence of evil all around us. But there will come a day... And what a day that will be!

Belief is so valuable and living that it infuses with life everything it enters! It transforms the fleeting glimmer of transitory life into eternal life, dispelling the transience in it.

The most valuable writers are those in whom we find not themselves, or ourselves, or the fugitive era of their lifetimes, but the common vision of all times.

Why is this important? Because it means the division between God and man has been abolished. Vanished. How? Because the great Jehovah, the One whose name may only be whispered once each year by the anointed high priest, had sent—yes, sent—his Son to be crucified. Why? How could the eternal Lord of all do such a thing?

I trust you, she murmured through urgency. Completely. Without end, and before the beginning.

A Uncorn isn't for page twenty-seven, it's for eternity.

Negligible Senescence…

Some things never change. Death, taxes —and somebody always pays for lunch.

He blinked, then roared with laughter. Eve Dallas, Vampire Slayer. One for the books. ~Eternity in Death

Nada llegó ni llegará ahora al término de su historia.

We are real only by chance, and immortal without knowing it.

In days gone by, we were afraid of dying in dishonour or a state of sin. Nowadays, we are afraid of dying fools. Now the fact is that there is no Extreme Unction to absolve us of foolishness. We endure it here on earth as subjective eternity.

Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what's known as infinity.

His work kept on living, like the watches on the wrists of dead soldiers. [Said of Marcel Proust]

plant it It will sprout But forget about the rustic festivities For the explosive word falls harmlessly eternal through the compact generations

Le temps des hommes est de l'éternité pliée

If Sparta and Rome perished, what state can hope to live forever? Hence, if we wish to form a lasting institution, let us not think about making it eternal. In order to succeed we should not attempt the impossible, or flatter ourselves that we are giving the work of men a solidity that does not belong to human things.

C'est tout pareil quand on a perdu l'illusion d'être eternel.

Mourons : de tant d'horreurs qu'un trépas me délivre. Est-ce un malheur si grand que de cesser de vivre ? La mort aux malheureux ne cause point d'effroi : Je ne crains que le nom que je laisse après moi

Even the one moment that you thought was your eternity fades out and is forgotten and dies.

Quite alone. No voice, no touch, no hand....How long must I lie here? For ever? No, only for a couple of hundred years this time, miss....

When I saw him looking up like that I knew that I loved him, and that it was for always. It was as if my heart turned over, and I knew that it was for always. It's a strange feeling - when you know quite certainly in yourself that something is for always . It's like what death must be.

If this is a sad story, don't tell it to me tonight.''It is not sad,' she said. 'Only some things happen and are there for always even though you forget why or when.