Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven. —John Lubbock beauty heaven sunsets Copy link Share Facebook X / Twitter Tumblr Email
More quotations tagged with “heaven” If the question could be put to a popular vote, I do not believe a single state would vote for the coming of Jesus to reign here as he reigns in heaven. I do not believe a single county, city, ward in this city, or a single precinct in this country would vote for his coming.… The Republican party would vote for the biggest blackguard on earth rather than for him. The Democrats would vote solidly against him. Even the Prohibitionists wouldn't want him here. I see some of you shaking your heads. Well, shake 'em. I'm talking facts. —Dwight L. Moody politics democracy Jesus heaven Copy link Share Facebook X / Twitter Tumblr Email A couple of months ago I had a dream, which I remember with the utmost clarity. (I don't usually remember my dreams.) I dreamed I had died and gone to Heaven. I looked about and knew where I was—green fields, fleecy clouds, perfumed air, and the distant, ravishing sound of the heavenly choir. And there was the recording angel smiling broadly at me in greeting. I said in wonder, "Is this Heaven?" The recording angel said, "It is." I said (and on waking and remembering, I was proud of my integrity), "But there must be a mistake. I don't belong here. I'm an atheist." "No mistake," said the recording angel. "But as an atheist how can I qualify?" The recording angel said sternly, "We decide who qualifies. Not you." "I see," I said. I looked about, pondered for a moment, then turned to the recording angel and asked, "Is there a typewriter here that I can use?" The significance of the dream was clear to me. I felt Heaven to be the act of writing, and I have been in Heaven for over half a century, and I have always known this. —Isaac Asimov integrity writing dreams atheism heaven Copy link Share Facebook X / Twitter Tumblr Email Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads. —Henry David Thoreau earth heaven Copy link Share Facebook X / Twitter Tumblr Email In nothing does man, with his grand notions of heaven and charity, show forth his innate, wild animalism more clearly than in his treatment of his brother beasts. From the shepherd with his lambs to the red-handed hunter, it is the same: no recognition of rights—only murder in one form or another. —John Muir murder animals heaven charity Copy link Share Facebook X / Twitter Tumblr Email He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife. —Douglas Adams belief prayer heaven afterlife Copy link Share Facebook X / Twitter Tumblr Email
If the question could be put to a popular vote, I do not believe a single state would vote for the coming of Jesus to reign here as he reigns in heaven. I do not believe a single county, city, ward in this city, or a single precinct in this country would vote for his coming.… The Republican party would vote for the biggest blackguard on earth rather than for him. The Democrats would vote solidly against him. Even the Prohibitionists wouldn't want him here. I see some of you shaking your heads. Well, shake 'em. I'm talking facts. —Dwight L. Moody politics democracy Jesus heaven Copy link Share Facebook X / Twitter Tumblr Email
A couple of months ago I had a dream, which I remember with the utmost clarity. (I don't usually remember my dreams.) I dreamed I had died and gone to Heaven. I looked about and knew where I was—green fields, fleecy clouds, perfumed air, and the distant, ravishing sound of the heavenly choir. And there was the recording angel smiling broadly at me in greeting. I said in wonder, "Is this Heaven?" The recording angel said, "It is." I said (and on waking and remembering, I was proud of my integrity), "But there must be a mistake. I don't belong here. I'm an atheist." "No mistake," said the recording angel. "But as an atheist how can I qualify?" The recording angel said sternly, "We decide who qualifies. Not you." "I see," I said. I looked about, pondered for a moment, then turned to the recording angel and asked, "Is there a typewriter here that I can use?" The significance of the dream was clear to me. I felt Heaven to be the act of writing, and I have been in Heaven for over half a century, and I have always known this. —Isaac Asimov integrity writing dreams atheism heaven Copy link Share Facebook X / Twitter Tumblr Email
Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads. —Henry David Thoreau earth heaven Copy link Share Facebook X / Twitter Tumblr Email
In nothing does man, with his grand notions of heaven and charity, show forth his innate, wild animalism more clearly than in his treatment of his brother beasts. From the shepherd with his lambs to the red-handed hunter, it is the same: no recognition of rights—only murder in one form or another. —John Muir murder animals heaven charity Copy link Share Facebook X / Twitter Tumblr Email
He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife. —Douglas Adams belief prayer heaven afterlife Copy link Share Facebook X / Twitter Tumblr Email