“I was surprised. I'd always associated belief in heaven with, frankly, a kind of intellectual disengagement. But Gus wasn't dumb.” KindBeliefHeavenIntellectualDumbGusDisengagement Book:The John Green Collection Source: The John Green Collection
“Death people who are still alive at this hour, must resurrect and ascend to the intellectual heaven where there is no ignorance.” PeopleStillsHeavenHoursAliveIgnoranceIntellectual Author:Michael Bassey
“I call that mind free which jealously guards its intellectual rights and powers, which calls no man master, which does not content itself with a passive or hereditary faith, which opens itself to light whencesoever it may come, which receives new truth as an angel from Heaven.” MenMindMayDoeLightHeavenRightsMastersRevolutionIntellectualAngelPassiveHereditaryJealouslyMind Free Book:The works of Wm. Ellery Channing ... Source: The works of Wm. Ellery Channing ...
“It is not the eye that sees the beauty of the heaven, nor the ear that hears the sweetness of music or the glad tidings of a prosperous occurrence, but the soul, that perceives all the relishes of sensual and intellectual perfections; and the more noble and excellent the soul is, the greater and more savory are its perceptions.” SoulEyeHeavenGreaterPerspectivePerceptionIntellectualPerfectionEarsNobleGladSensualExcellentPerceiveSweetnessProsperousRelishTidingsSavoryEyes That See Author:Jeremy Taylor
“The good of the governed is the end, and rewards and punishments are the means, of all government. The government of the supreme and all-perfect Mind, over all his intellectual creation, is by proportioning rewards to piety and virtue, and punishments to disobedience and vice. ... The joys of heaven are prepared, and the horrors of hell in a future state, to render the moral government of the universe perfect and complete. Human government is more or less perfect, as it approaches nearer or diverges further from an imitation of this perfect plan of divine and moral government.” MindHumansMeanEndsStatesGovernmentJoyUniverseHeavenPerfectLibertyMoralHellVirtuePlansCreationDivineHorrorApproachIntellectualPreparedRewardsVicesSupremePunishmentImitationDisobediencePietyReward And Punishment Author:John Adams