“Longer than there've been fishes in the ocean, higher than any bird ever flew, longer than there've been stars up in the heavens, I've been in love with you.” HeavenStarsLove YouHigherOceanBirdProfoundFishesFlewBeen In Love Author:Dan Fogelberg
“We need examples of people who, leaving Heaven to decide whether they are to rise in the world, decide for themselves that they will be happy in it, and have resolved to seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity; making the first of possessions, self-possession; and honouring themselves in the harmless pride and calm pursuits of peace.” PeopleWorldNeedsFirstsSelfHeavenWealthPleasureGreaterExamplePrideHigherFortuneLeavingCalmPossessionDeeperPursuitFelicity Book:The Two Paths Source: The Two Paths
“There is a certain period of the soul-culture when it begins to interfere with some of characters of typical beauty belonging to the bodily frame, the stirring of the intellect wearing down the flesh, and the moral enthusiasm burning its way out to heaven, through the emaciation of the earthen vessel; and there is, in this indication of subduing the mortal by the immortal part, an ideal glory of perhaps a purer and higher range than that of the more perfect material form. We conceive, I think, more nobly of the weak presence of Paul than of, the fair and ruddy countenance of David.” ThinkingWaySoulCharacterFormCertainCultureHeavenPerfectBeautyMoralMaterialsHigherPeriodsGloryFairsIdealsWeakIntellectFleshEnthusiasmMortalsBurningRangeImmortalBelongingInterfereTypicalVesselIndicationStirringCountenance Author:John Ruskin
“From a private gentlewoman you have made me first a marchioness, then a queen; and, as you can raise me no higher in the world, you are now sending me to be a saint in Heaven.” WorldFirstsMadeHeavenHigherRaisesSaintQueensSarcasmRoyalty Author:Anne Boleyn
“Out of my deeper heart a bird rose and flew skywards. Higher and higher did it rise, yet larger and larger did it grow. At first it was but like a swallow, then a lark, then an eagle, then as vast as a spring cloud, and then it filled the starry heavens. Out of my heart a bird flew skywards. And it waxed larger as it flew. Yet it left not my heart.” FirstsHeartLeftHeavenGrowsHigherMy HeartSpringBirdFilledRoseCloudsDeeperEaglesFlewLarks Book:Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces Source: Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces
“Being born on the earth is the highest honor and greatest privilege. To be alive as human beings gives us the chance to pull off exquisite and Herculean feats of magic that are not possible in nirvana or heaven or any other so-called paradise, higher dimension, or better place,being alive right now is the greatest gift i got from God.” InspirationalGivingHumansEarthHeavenBornChanceHuman BeingsAliveMagicHigherHonorRight NowHighestPrivilegeParadiseDimensionsBetter PlaceExquisiteGreatest GiftsFeats Author:Rob Brezsny
“An everlasting tranquility is, in my imagination, the highest possible felicity, because I know of no felicity on earth higher than that which a peaceful mind and contented heart afford.” KnowsMindHeartEarthHeavenImaginationHigherHighestPeacefulTranquilityEverlastingMy ImaginationFelicityPeaceful Mind Author:Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann
“For a warrior, nothing is higher than a war against evil. The warrior confronted with such a war should be pleased, Arjuna, for it comes as an open gate to heaven. But if you do not participate in this battle against evil, you will incur sin, violating your dharma and your honor.” IfsShouldWarMotivationalEvilHeavenSinHigherHonorBattleWarriorGatesDharmaYour HonorArjuna Author:Swami Vivekananda