Quotes about heaven

"All things come from above."

Motto on heaven   

"The trouble with kingdoms of heaven on earth is that they're liable to come to pass, and then their fraudulence is apparent for all to see. We need a kingdom of heaven in Heaven, if only because it can't be realized."

Muggeridge, Malcolm on heaven   

"In Heaven all the interesting people are missing."

Nietzsche, Friedrich on heaven
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"The kingdom of Heaven is a condition of the heart --not something that comes upon the earth or after death."

Nietzsche, Friedrich on heaven
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"We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise."

Plato on heaven   

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"Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue."

Quarles, Francis on heaven   

"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!"

Qur'an on heaven   

"On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it."

Renard, Jules on heaven   

"What they do in heaven we are ignorant of; what they do not do we are told expressly."

Swift, Jonathan on heaven
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"Look for me in the nurseries of Heaven."

Thompson, Francis on heaven   

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"Celestial navigation is based on the premise that the Earth is the center of the universe. The premise is wrong, but the navigation works. An incorrect model can be a useful tool."

Throop III, Kelvin on heaven   

"I would rather go to heaven alone than go to hell in company."

Torrey, R. A. on heaven   

"Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in."

Twain, Mark on heaven
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"To get to heaven, turn right and keep straight."

Unknown, Source on heaven   

"When we die and go to Heaven, our Maker is not going to say, Why didn't you discover the cure for such and such? The only thing we're going to be asked at that precious moment is Why didn't you become you? "

Unknown, Source on heaven   

"The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a Heaven that it shows itself cloddish."

Waugh, Evelyn on heaven   

"The doctrine of the Kingdom of Heaven, which was the main teaching of Jesus, is certainly one of the most revolutionary doctrines that ever stirred and changed human thought."

Wells, H.G. on heaven   

"Can you tell a plain man the road to heaven? Certainly, turn at once to the right, then go straight forward."

Wilberforce, B. on heaven   

"Sleep is the sister of death and the dwellers of heaven will not sleep"

Mohammed on heaven   

"“If we insist on keeping Hell (or even Earth) we shall not see Heaven: if we accept Heaven we shall not be able to retain even the smallest and most intimate souvenirs of Hell.”"

Lewis, C. S. on heaven   

"Theology: There is a heaven, for ever, day by day/ The upward longing of my soul doth tell me so./ There is a hell, I'm quite as sure; for pray,/ If there were not, where would my neighbors go? --Paul Laurence Dunbar "

Dunbar, Paul Laurence on heaven