“Our lives are waves that come up out of the ocean of eternity, break upon the beach of earth, and lapse back to the ocean of eternity. Some are sunlit, some run in storm and rain; one is a quiet ripple, another is a thunderous breaker; and once in many centuries comes a great tidal wave that sweeps over a continent; but all go back to the sea and lie equally level there.” LifeRunningEarthLyingLevelsBreakOur LivesSeaCenturyQuietOceanRainEternityWaveCome UpStormBeachContinentsRippleLapsesTidal Waves Author:Austin O'Malley
“Transiency is stamped on all our possessions, occupations, and delights. We have the hunger for eternity in our souls, the thought of eternity in our hearts, the destination for eternity written on our inmost being, and the need to ally ourselves with eternity proclaimed by the most short-lived trifles of time. Either these things will be the blessing or the curse of our lives. Which do yon mean that they shall be for you?” NeedsHeartMeanSoulEarthOur LivesWrittenBlessingEternityHungerDelightPossessionCurseDestinationOccupationAlliesTriflesShort Lived Book:The Book of Esther Source: The Book of Esther
“Consider and act with reference to the true ends of existence. This world is but the vestibule of an immortal life. Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.” WorldEndsActionExistenceOur LivesThis WorldEternityImmortalChordsVibrateImmortal Life Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin
“What matters it that man should have a little more knowledge of the universe? If he has it, he gets little higher. Is he not always infinitely removed from the end, and is not the duration of our life equally removed from eternity, even if it lasts ten years longer?” IfsMenShouldYearsLittlesEndsMatterLastsUniverseKnowledgeOur LivesHigherTenShould HaveEternityInfinityWhat MattersDurationMore Knowledge Book:Thoughts, Letters & Minor Works Source: Thoughts, Letters & Minor Works
“As the mother's womb holds us for ten months, making us ready, not for the womb itself, but for life, just so, through our lives, we are making ourselves ready for another birth...Therefore look forward without fear to that appointed hour- the last hour of the body, but not of the soul...That day, which you fear as being the end of all things, is the birthday of your eternity.” LooksSoulEndsBodyLastsMotherHoursOur LivesReadyMonthsBirthTenAll ThingsEternityWomb Author:Seneca the Younger
“We have every reason in time and eternity to rejoice and give thanks for the quality of our lives and the blessings we have been given.” LifeGivingHas BeensReasonGivenQualityOur LivesGratitudeBlessingEternityThanksRejoice Author:Howard W. Hunter