“We, as humans, are made to seek, love, and strive for what is perfect and what is permanent. We are made to seek what’s eternal. We seek this because we were not made for this life. Our first and true home was Paradise: a land that is both perfect and eternal. So the yearning for that type of life is a part of our being. The problem is that we try to find that here. And so we create ageless creams and cosmetic surgery in a desperate attempt to hold on—in an attempt to mold this world into what it is not, and will never be.”
Source: Reclaim Your Heart: Personal Insights on Breaking Free from Life's Shackles
“And I tell you, pleasure and pain have nothing to do with heaven and hell.”
Source: The Island of Dr. Moreau
“Heaven itself [...] would be— must be— a coming home.”
Source: A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph
“Since “there is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth than over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance,” let us give joy to heaven. Heaven will render it back to us with usury.”
Source: La dame aux camélias
“Babies do not have both feet squarely on Earth. They float between the worlds, not being able to clearly distinguish them. As they grow, they must become firmly established as Earth dwellers. Their memory of other worlds fades and disappears. They learn how to be human before they can, one day, recall their spiritual heritage.”
Source: Circles of Separation
“One door away from Heaven,
We live each day and hour.
One door away from Heaven,
But it lies beyond our power
To open the door to Heaven
And enter when we choose.
One door away from Heaven,
And the key is ours to lose.
One door away from Heaven,
But, oh, the entry dues.
—The Book of Counted Sorrows”
Source: One Door Away from Heaven
“The Buddha challenged the idea of an immutable soul. He said nothing about the mutable soul, and its survival, though his successors in most streams of Buddhism have had a lot to say on this subject. For all their words, the question of what happens when one dies remains a mystery.”
Source: Encouraging Words: Zen Buddhist Teachings for Western Students
“Be loving, kind, merciful, forgiving, encouraging, grateful, non-judgmental and useful.”
Source: Misfit in Hell to Heaven Expat: Lessons from a Dark Near-Death Experience and How to Avoid Hell in the Afterlife
“Heaven is Love”
“The Devil will get you talking about heaven until you're out of breath, but what he really doesn't want you talking about is The Kingdom of God and its power here and now on the earth.”
Source: Kingdom Fundamentals: What the Kingdom of God Means and What it Means for You | A Thorough and Biblical Exposition of the Kingdom of Heaven as Preached by Jesus