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Heaven15 quotes
Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky. — John Lennon · 1971On Earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it. — Jules Renard · 1896We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds. — Anton Chekhov · 1898Though inland far we be,
Our souls have sight of that immortal sea
Which brought us hither. — William Wordsworth · 1807What if earth
Be but the shadow of heaven, and things therein
Each to other like, more than on earth is thought? — John Milton · 1667The secret source of Humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven. — Mark Twain · 1897All 15 quotes →Heaven and earth2 quotes
On Earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it. — Jules Renard · 1896What if earth
Be but the shadow of heaven, and things therein
Each to other like, more than on earth is thought? — John Milton · 1667Hell2 quotes
Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky. — John Lennon · 1971The election makes me think of a story of a man who was dying. He had only two minutes to live, so he sent for a clergyman and asked him, “Where is the best place to go to?” He was undecided about it. So the minister told him that each place had its advantages—heaven for climate, and hell for society. — Mark Twain · 1901The afterlife2 quotes
We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds. — Anton Chekhov · 1898Were the happinesse of the next world as closely apprehended as the felicities of this, it were a martyrdom to live. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1658Death1 quote
Allow me to depart to the house of the Father. — Pope John Paul II · 2005Dreams1 quote
If a man could pass through Paradise in a dream, and have a flower presented to him as a pledge that his soul had really been there, and if he found the flower in his hand when he awoke-Aye! and what then? — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1816Existence of God1 quote
Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky. — John Lennon · 1971Heaven and hell1 quote
The election makes me think of a story of a man who was dying. He had only two minutes to live, so he sent for a clergyman and asked him, “Where is the best place to go to?” He was undecided about it. So the minister told him that each place had its advantages—heaven for climate, and hell for society. — Mark Twain · 1901Humor1 quote
The secret source of Humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven. — Mark Twain · 1897Humor and sadness1 quote
The secret source of Humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven. — Mark Twain · 1897Life1 quote
Were the happinesse of the next world as closely apprehended as the felicities of this, it were a martyrdom to live. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1658The Crucifixion1 quote
Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. — Jesus · 61The earth1 quote
What if earth
Be but the shadow of heaven, and things therein
Each to other like, more than on earth is thought? — John Milton · 1667