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Hell16 quotes
Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky. — John Lennon · 1971Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. — Dante Alighieri · 1321I wear the chain I forged in life. — Charles Dickens · 1843Long is the way
And hard, that out of Hell leads up to Light. — John Milton · 1667Hell is other people. — Jean-Paul Sartre · 1944What is hell?
Hell is oneself,
Hell is alone, the other figures in it
Merely projections. There is nothing to escape from
And nothing to escape to. One is always alone. — T.S. Eliot · 1949All 16 quotes →Heaven2 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 · 1901Actions have consequences1 quote
I wear the chain I forged in life. — Charles Dickens · 1843Consequences of greed1 quote
I wear the chain I forged in life. — Charles Dickens · 1843Cruelty1 quote
The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell. — Bertrand Russell · 1928Existence of God1 quote
Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky. — John Lennon · 1971Hades1 quote
Hades is relentless and unyielding. — Homer · 700 BCHeaven 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 · 1901Hitler1 quote
If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. — Winston Churchill · 1950Hope1 quote
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Hopelessness and despair1 quote
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. — Dante Alighieri · 1321London1 quote
Hell is a city much like London—
A populous and a smoky city. — Percy Bysshe Shelley · 1822Misanthropy1 quote
Hell is other people. — Jean-Paul Sartre · 1944My enemy's enemy1 quote
If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. — Winston Churchill · 1950Nature of hell1 quote
Somebody once wrote: "Hell is the impossibility of reason." That's what this place feels like. Hell. — Chris · 1986Oblivion1 quote
Hell is more bearable than nothingness. — Philip James Bailey · 1839Redemption1 quote
Long is the way
And hard, that out of Hell leads up to Light. — John Milton · 1667Salvation1 quote
Long is the way
And hard, that out of Hell leads up to Light. — John Milton · 1667The damned1 quote
Let us not speak of them, but look, and pass on. — Dante Alighieri · 1321The devil1 quote
If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. — Winston Churchill · 1950Vietnam War1 quote
Somebody once wrote: "Hell is the impossibility of reason." That's what this place feels like. Hell. — Chris · 1986