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“He that will often put eternity and the world before him, and who will dare to look steadfastly at both of them, will find that the more often he contemplates them, the former will grow greater, and the latter less.”

World Looks Grows Greater Eternity Dare Former Latter Contemplating

Book:Lacon: or, Many things in few words

Source: Lacon: or, Many things in few words

“Having friends around for a pleasant evening is one of life's most cherished joys as far as I am concerned. But when those with me are fellow believers, how much greater that joy is, for we know that it's rekindled, one day in eternity.”

Knows Joy Greater One Day Concerned Eternity Fellows Believer Evening Pleasant

Author:James Stewart

“A believer longs after God, to come into his presence, to feel his love, to feel near to him in secret, to feel in the crowd that he is nearer than all the creatures. Ah! dear brethren, have you ever tasted this blessedness? There is greater rest and solace to be found in the presence of God for one hour than in an eternity of the presence of man.”

Men Feels Found Hours Secret Greater Creatures Eternity Dear Crowds Believer His Love Solace Brethren Presence Of God One Hour Blessedness

Book:The Works of the Late Rev. Robert Murray McCheyne: Containing His Life and Remains, Letters, Lectures, Songs of Zion, &c

Source: The Works of the Late Rev. Robert Murray McCheyne: Containing His Life and Remains, Letters, Lectures, Songs of Zion, &c

“If time and space, as sages say, Are things which cannot be, The sun which does not feel decay No greater is than we. So why, Love, should we ever pray To live a century? The butterfly that lives a day Has lived eternity.”

Ifs Feels Should Doe Space Sun Greater Century Praying Eternity Butterfly Decay Sage Time And Space

Book:The Poems of T. S. Eliot Volume I: Collected and Uncollected Poems

Source: The Poems of T. S. Eliot Volume I: Collected and Uncollected Poems

“You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself...the height of a man's success is gauged by his self-mastery; the depth of his failure by his self-abandonment. ...And this law is the expression of eternal justice. He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others.”

Men Self Law Justice Greater Expression Discipline Eternal Eternity Depth Height Mastery Willpower Abandonment Dominion Self Mastery

Author:Leonardo da Vinci

“We Christians must simplify our lives or lose untold treasures on earth and in eternity. Modern civilization is so complex as to make the devotional life all but impossible. The need for solitude and quietness was never greater than it is today.”

“One drop of eternity is of greater weight than a vast ocean of finite things.”

Powerful Greater Ocean Weight Eternity Finite Vast Ocean

Book:The Epistle to the Romans

Source: The Epistle to the Romans

“Each thing that exists remains forever, and that very existence of existence is proof of its eternity. But without that realization, which is the knowledge of perfect being, man would never know whether there was existence or non-existence. If eternal existence is altered, then it must become more beautiful; and if it disappears, it must return with more sublime image; and if it sleeps, it must dream of a better awakening, for it is ever greater upon its rebirth.”

Ifs Knows Men Dream Beautiful Sleep Perfect Existence Forever Greater Return Eternal Eternity Remains Disappear Awakening Proof Realization Sublime Rebirth Altered Non Existence

Author:Khalil Gibran

“I want eternity. I was born for greater things.”

Want Inspiration Faith Born Greater Eternity Christian Inspirational Greater Things

Author:Stanislaus Kostka