Best eternity & sand Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“The world is a grain of sand on the beach of Eternity. Eternity is a grain of sand on the beach of Infinity. The ocean of Nirvana connects both Eternity and Infinity without connecting them. Know this and you will be free.”

Knows World Wisdom Buddhism Ocean Eternity Beach Sand Infinity Grain Connecting Grains Of Sand

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Christ is the foundation of all our hopes for time and for eternity. Oh, build on this divine foundation! All other foundations are sinking sand.”

Christ Divine Eternity Foundation Sand Sinking

Book:The Calvary Pulpit: Christ and Him Crucified

Source: The Calvary Pulpit: Christ and Him Crucified

“Like an hourglass with a certain number of grains of sand within it, God has appointed your life to last only a certain number of days, and you have absolutely no idea how many there are.... In God's presence, consider: I have no idea when my life will end. All I know is that death will come for me eventually. Am I doing anything to prepare for the real possibility that God may call me, sooner rather than later? If he called me into eternity today, would I be ready?”

Ifs Knows May Ideas Real Ends Today Lasts Certain Numbers Possibility Ready Eternity No Idea Sand Call Me Grain Grains Of Sand God's Presence Hourglass

Author:Patrick Madrid

“But the wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting; that the State must follow, and notlead the character and progress of the citizen; the strongest usurper is quickly got rid of; and they only who build on Ideas, build for eternity; and that the form of government which prevails, is the expression of what cultivation exists in the population which permits it.”

Source: The Annotated Emerson

“You are leaving port under sealed orders and in a troubled period. You cannot know whither you are going or what you are to do. But why not take the Pilot on board who knows the nature of your sealed orders from the outset, and who will shape your entire voyage accordingly? He knows the shoals and the sand banks, the rocks and the reefs, He will steer you safely into that celestial harbor where your anchor will be cast for eternity. Let His almighty nail-pierced hands hold the wheel, and you will be safe.”

Knows Hands Order Nature Rocks Periods Shapes Safe Eternity Leaving Casts Boards Wheels Sand Why Not Pilots Almighty Nails Harbors Anchors Voyages Celestial Port Steers Reefs

Author:Peter Marshall

“Perfection is the natural consequence of eternity: wait long enough, and anything will realize its potential. Coal becomes diamonds, sand becomes pearls, apes become men. It's simply not given to us, in one lifetime, to see those consummations, and so every failure becomes a reminder of death.”

Men Long Enough Given Waiting Realizing Natural Consequence Perfection Eternity Lifetime Sand Diamond Coal Pearls Reminders Apes Natural Consequences

Book:The rule of four

Source: The rule of four

“To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour.”

“a little bird moves a mountain of sand one grain at a time it picks up one grain every million years and when the mountain has been moved the bird puts it all back again and that's how long eternity is and that's a very long time to be dead”

Years Littles Long Has Beens Moving Millions Mountain Long Time Bird Picks Eternity Moved Sand Grain Back Again

Book:Before I Die

Source: Before I Die

“Just remember: If one bird carried every grain of sand, grain by grain, across the ocean, by the time he got them all on the other side, that would only be the beginning of eternity.”

Ifs Remember Sides Ocean Bird Eternity Sand Grain Grains Of Sand

Book:In Cold Blood

Source: In Cold Blood

“Perhaps life is like an hour glass, with dear ones the sand that slips from the upper glass--the earth--into the second--eternity.”

Earth Life Is Hours Eternity Dear Glasses Sand Slips Life Is Like Dear Ones Hour Glasses

Book:Elizabeth I

Source: Elizabeth I

“Little drops of water, little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean, and the pleasant land. So the little minutes, humble though they be, Make the mighty ages of eternity.”

Littles Age Time Water Land Minutes Ocean Rivers Eternity Environmental Humble Pleasant Sand Grain Drop Of Water Grains Of Sand Drops In The Ocean

Author:Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney

“Like those great sphinxes lounging through eternity in noble attitudes upon the desert sand, they gaze incuriously at nothing, calm and wise.”

Attitude Wise Cat Eternity Calm Noble Desert Sand Sphinx Lounging Desert Sand

Author:Charles Baudelaire

“It would be the greatest delight of the seraphs to pile up sand on the seashore or to pull weeds in a garden for all eternity, if they found out such was God's will. Our Lord himself teaches us to ask to do the will of God on earth as the saints do it in heaven: "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven."”

Ifs Done Would Be Earth Suffering Asks Found Heaven Lord Teach Garden Eternity Saint Delight Gods Will Sand Weed Our Lord Seashore Thy Will Be Done

Book:Uniformity with God's Will

Source: Uniformity with God's Will

“It flows through old hushed Egypt and its sands, Like some grave mighty thought threading a dream, And times and things, as in that vision, seem Keeping along it their eternal stands.”

Dream Seems Vision Eternal Flow Eternity Graves Sand Egypt

Book:Selected Writings

Source: Selected Writings

“Why did you make it so hard for me? I'd rather empty the ocean with a sieve. I do it for you. Or count the grains of sand on every beach. All for you. There are so many people, so many countries. But I have time. All the time in the world. Eternity.”

People World Country Hard Ocean Empty Eternity Beach Emptiness Sand Grain Grains Of Sand

Author:Grant Morrison

“Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, and creeds follow one another like the withered leaves of Autumn; but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons and a possession for all eternity.”

Philosophy Christian Beautiful Joy Fall Beauty Seasons Eternity Possession Harm Sand Autumn Creeds Withered Withered Leaves

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Illustrated)

“Hold infinity in the palm of your hand.”

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