Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue.
—Francis Quarles (1592–1644) English Religious Poet
Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.
—Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) American Clergyman, Writer
Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.
—C. S. Lewis (1898–1963) Irish-British Academic, Author, Literary Scholar
If I ever reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some had not thought to see there; second, to miss some I had expected to see here; and third, the greatest wonder of all, to find myself there.
—John Newton (1725–1807) English Clergyman, Writer
Heav’n is but the vision of fulfill’d desire. And hell the shadow from a soul on fire.
—Omar Khayyam (1048–1123) Persian Mathematician
Men are admitted into Heaven not because they have curbed and governed their passions or have no passions, but because they have cultivated their understandings. The treasures of Heaven are not negations of passion, but realities of intellect, from which all the passions emanate uncurbed in their eternal glory. The fool shall not enter into Heaven let him be ever so holy.
—William Blake (1757–1827) English Poet, Painter, Printmaker
Great Spirit, give to me a heaven not so large as yours but large enough for me.
—Emily Dickinson (1830–86) American Poet
It is easier for a camel to pass through they eye of the needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
Heaven means to be one with God.
—Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher
Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven.
—H. L. Mencken (1880–1956) American Journalist, Literary Critic
As for evildoers, for them awaits a painful chastisement; but for those who believe, and do deeds of righteousness, they shall be admitted to gardens underneath which rivers flow, therein dwelling forever, by the leave of their Lord, their greeting therein: “Peace!”
—The Holy Quran Sacred Scripture of Islam
The net of heaven is large and wide, but it lets nothing through.
—Chinese Proverb
To be with God.
—Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher
Who seeks for heaven alone to save his soul may keep the path, but will not reach the goal; while he who walks in love may wander far, yet God will bring him where the blessed are.
—Henry van Dyke Jr. (1852–1933) American Author, Educator, Clergyman
Smile… heaven is watching!
—African Proverb
The hope of heaven under troubles is like wind and sails to the soul.
—Samuel Rutherford (1600–61) Scottish Theologian, Author
Of all the inventions of man I doubt whether any was more easily accomplished than that of a Heaven.
—Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–99) German Philosopher, Physicist
Heaven will be inherited by every man who has heaven in his soul.
—Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) American Clergyman, Writer
The joys of heaven will begin as soon as we attain the character of heaven and do its duties.—Try that and prove its truth.—As much goodness and piety, so much heaven.
—Theodore Parker (1810–60) American Unitarian Minister, Abolitionist
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
—Herodotus (c.485–425 BCE) Ancient Greek Historian
If people would forget about utopia! When rationalism destroyed heaven and decided to set it up here on earth, that most terrible of all goals entered human ambition. It was clear there’d be no end to what people would be made to suffer for it.
—Nadine Gordimer (1923–2014) South African Novelist, Short-Story Writer
To us who are Christians, is it not a solemn, but a delightful thought, that perhaps nothing but the opaque bodily eye prevents us from beholding the gate which is open just before us; and nothing but the dull ear prevents us from hearing the ringing of those bells of joy which welcome us to the heavenly land?
—Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) American Clergyman, Writer
The “kingdom of Heaven” is a condition of the heart—not something that comes “upon the earth” or “after death.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German Philosopher, Scholar, Writer
Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground.
—Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) Italian Poet, Philosopher
What power would hell have if those imprisoned there could not dream of heaven?
—Unknown
I would not give one moment of heaven for all the joy and riches of the world, even if it lasted for thousands and thousands of years.
—Martin Luther (1483–1546) German Protestant Theologian
If heaven drops a date, open your mouth.
—Chinese Proverb
The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him.
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928) English Novelist, Poet
The heavens and the earth and all that is between them, do you think they were created in jest?
—The Holy Quran Sacred Scripture of Islam
What they do in heaven we are ignorant of; but what they do not do we are told expressly; they neither marry nor are given in marriage.
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) Irish Satirist
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