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“We have come by curious ways To the Light that holds the days; We have sought in haunts of fear For that all-enfolding sphere: And lo! it was not far, but near.We have found, O foolish-fond, The shore that has no shore beyond.Deep in every heart it lies With its untranscended skies; For what heaven should bend above Hearts that own the heaven of love?”
Alfred Noyes (1880–1958) said by 1958 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'”
Jesus (6 BC–33) said by 33 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.”
Jesus (6 BC–33) said by 33 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They who accord with Heaven are preserved, and they who rebel against Heaven perish.”
Mencius (372–289 BC) said by 289 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'If there is a heaven, we will find each other again, for there is no heaven without you.'”
Nicholas Sparks (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nothing is further from Earth than Heaven: nothing is nearer than Heaven to Earth.”
Julius Hare (1795–1855) said by 1855 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“By dipping in the river everyday a Brahmin were to jump to heaven, the frog which is born and lives in water should surely go to heaven.”
Sarvajna wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mind can make a hell of heaven. Or a heaven of hell.”
Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“May Heaven, if virtue claim its thought, If justice yet avail for aught; Heaven, and the sense of conscious right, With worthier meed your acts requite!”
John Conington (1825–1869) said by 1869 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Another sign was seen in heaven. Look! A great fiery-colored dragon, with seven heads and ten horns and on its heads seven diadems; and its tail drags a third of the stars of heaven, and it hurled them down to the earth. And the dragon kept standing before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she did give birth, it might devour her child.”
John the Evangelist (10–98) said by 98 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you are equally as emotionally needy as your Buddy Boss, it could be a marriage made in heaven, although I would rather go to another heaven.”
John Hoover (consultant) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Is that why he came from heaven, to remain incognito? Not to reveal himself as one from heaven?”
Hermann Samuel Reimarus (1694–1768) said by 1768 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Franziska (mother of Charlotte): 'In Heaven everything is much more beautiful than here in earth – and when your Mummy has turned into a little angel she'll.. ..bring a letter, telling her what's like in Heaven..'. Franziska was of somewhat sentimental disposition.”
Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I suddenly realized that the devout Russian people no longer needed priests to pray them into heaven. On earth they were building a kingdom more bright than any heaven had to offer, and for which it was a glory to die….”
John Reed (journalist) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you go, you let me know If there's a Heaven out there. When you leave me here to grieve In pain and despair, I've seen the face of hell. I know that place pretty damn well. But when you go, you'll let me know If there's a Heaven out there.”
Lucinda Williams (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I escaped from China and came to Hong Kong, the contrast was that China was like hell and Hong Kong, like heaven. Though I was very poor, I smelled the air of freedom and was full of hope for the future. That’s the way I thought heaven is.”
Jimmy Lai (born 1947) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: November 01, 2014 ‘Never Discouraged’: Pro-Democracy Newspaperman Joins Hong Kong Student Protesters
“There are some devotees of the Lord who are His beloveds. When they call Him by name, all the birds of air and beasts of the forest stand in silence whilst the angels in heaven shudder and the earth and the heaven and illuminated. Such is the majesty of the utterance of the Name by them that the earth stans quaking.”
Abu al-Hassan al-Kharaqani (963–1033) said by 1033 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Since the second Adam has brought up the first Adam out of the deeps of Hades... and has set forth him who was deceived as a citizen of heaven to the shame of the deceiver, the gates of Hades have been shut, and the gates of heaven have been opened, so as to offer an unimpeded entrance to those who rise there in faith.”
Gregory Thaumaturgus (213–270) said by 270 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Man was created for heaven: the devil broke the ladder that led to heaven.”
John Vianney (1786–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ascending to heaven is the greatest trip in every good Muslim's existence. I don't believe that the Prophet meant this trip to be an exception. I think that a woman can get into Heaven, as long as she's accompanied by a man of her family.”
Salah Al Budair (born 1971) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Here is why Saudi Arabia is a pro at passing anti-women rulings (19th April 2016)
“If any relation has to be kept between Muslims and Kafirs (like Hindus), it is akin to the relation of a man with a latrine (toilet). It may be a necessary evil, but it should be seen as such. Because, Rasool Allah (i.e., Mohammed) has already made judgement on who is to enter heaven, and who is to enter hell; and that while Muslims will enter heaven, Hindus will enter hell.”
Khadim Hussain Rizvi (1966–2020) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in 2018 as attributed and quoted in [https://web.archive.org/web/20211229134247/https://hindupost.in/dharma-religion/hate-speech-here-is-a-compilation-of-hate-speech-that-hindus-face-daily/
“Remember that the way to heaven is narrow. Do not delude yourself that through some good deeds, or through some prayers, or through the fulfillment of some Christian duty you have secured heaven, no, it is not like that. (letter 31)”
Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows (1838–1862) said by 1862 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Certainly heaven is something we all need, however, we should not imagine it anthropomorphically. [...] I believe that we certainly cannot rule out the possibility of an existence outside of space and time, mass, energies and charges. In heaven there can be anything but that.”
Antonino Zichichi (1929–2026) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Antonino Zichichi. Quoted in Carlo Passarello, La "prima volta" di Zichichi e all'Ars si parla di Archimede, LiveSicilia.it (February 7, 2013)
“Churches are spiritual schools, clinics, places of enlightenment, rest stops for travelers to heaven, houses of charity where we are shown the greatest benefits and divine assistance to prepare us for settling in heaven.”
John of Kronstadt (1829–1909) said by 1909 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A common expression: “heaven for the climate, but hell for the company” is an indication how people react to Pharisaical Christians. They would rather be in hell with other sinners than in heaven with those who thought that they were good enough to be there.”
C. FitzSimons Allison (born 1927) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You won't find no answers safe at home, You can't learn heartbreak from a poem. And every hard time, song rhyme, friend you've got, You'll have, with Heaven on top. You'll have, with Heaven on top.”
Zach Bryan (born 1996) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: With Heaven on Top" (2025)
“Our mother is without doubt in heaven, both body and soul; our queen and advocate is there, whose sight did rejoice all the hierarchies of angels, and all the court of Heaven; who interceded for us.”
Pedro de Ribadeneira (1527–1611) said by 1611 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Saviour arose into heaven through His own power as Lord and Creator...Mary arose into heaven lifted up by grace, not through her own power. This is why one is called Ascension and the other Assumption.”
Nicholas of Clairvaux (1200–1178) said by 1178 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You may go to Heaven without health, without wealth, without honours, without pleasures, without friends, without learning; but you can never go to Heaven without Christ.”
William Dyer (1633–1696) said by 1696 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Christ's Famous Titles, and A Believer's Golden Chain (Boston, NE: printed by B. Green & J. Allen for Nicholas Buttolph, 1704), p. 11. Slightly altered, misattributed to John Dyer, in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionar…
“Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there.”
Andrew Jackson (attributed) first seen 1860 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement shortly before his death, as quoted in Life of Andrew Jackson (1860) by James Parton, p. 679.
“Oh, do not cry. Be good children, and we shall all meet in Heaven ... I want to meet you all, white and black, in Heaven.”
Andrew Jackson (attributed) first seen 1845 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Last recorded words, to his grand-children and his servants, as quoted in The National Preacher (1845) by Austin Dickinson, p. 192.
“The root of hatred is hell and that hate of yours Is a part of that whole and is the foe of your religion Since you are a part of hell, beware! For the part ever tends towards its whole But if you are a portion of heaven, O renowned one, Your joy will be as lasting as heaven itself.”
Rumi (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Thy business is changing things and bestowing favours, My business is mistakes and forgetfulness and error, Change my mistakes and forgetlulness to knowledge I am altogether vile; make me temperate and meek. O thou that convertest salt earth into bread And bread again into the life of men, Thou makest some earth-born men as heaven And multipliest heaven-born saints on earth.”
Rumi (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him.”
Thomas Hardy (misattributed) first seen 1849 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 1) Rev. Edward John Hardy, known as E.J. Hardy (1849-1920), How to Be Happy Though Civil: A Book on Manners (New York, Scribners, 1909), ch. VI: A Christian Gentleman;
“What avails it that indulgent Heaven From mortal eyes has wrapt the woes to come, If we, ingenious to torment ourselves, Grow pale at hideous fictions of our own? Enjoy the present; nor with needless cares Of what may spring from blind misfortune’s womb, Appal the surest hour that life bestows. Serene, and master of yourself, prepare For what may come; and leave the rest to Heaven.”
John Armstrong (poet) (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nothing is further than Earth from Heaven: nothing is nearer than Heaven to Earth.”
David Hare (dramatist) (misattributed) first seen 1827 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare Guesses at Truth (London: Macmillan, ([1827-48] 1867) p. 563.
“A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“'T is expectation makes a blessing dear; Heaven were not heaven if we knew what it were.”
Sir John Suckling (1609–1641) said by 1641 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“On the way to God you have to pass through beauty, pure beauty. If you do not pass through beauty it is not God that you find. Beauty stands at the gate of the kingdom of heaven. It is of the Creator, but not the Creator; and it is all-mighty.”
Barry Long (1926–2003) said by 2003 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'I am going to take this bucket of water and pour it on the flames of hell, and then I am going to use this torch to burn down the gates of paradise so that people will not love God for want of heaven or fear of hell, but because He is God.'”
John Green (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Just as seeing Heaven's light gave him an awareness of God's presence in all things in the mortal plane, so it has made him aware of God's absence in all things in Hell.”
Ted Chiang (born 1967) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hell Is the Absence of God; first appeared in Starlight 3, 2001.
“The kingdom of God which is within us consists in our willing whatever God wills, always, in every thing, and without reservation; and thus His kingdom comes; for His will is then done as it is in heaven, since we will nothing but what is dictated by His sovereign pleasure.”
François Fénelon (1651–1715) said by 1715 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you would have clear and irrefragable for a perpetual joy, a glory and a defense, the unwavering confidence, "I am Thy child," go to God's throne, and lie down at the foot of it, and let the first thought be, "My Father in heaven;" and that will brighten, that will establish, that will make omnipotent in your life, the witness of the Spirit that you are the child of God.”
Alexander Maclaren (1826–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Yes, it is a truth that for a good man,— honored, beloved, useful,— with all around him that God ever gives to His children here;— nay, with all that God could give him of earth, it would be " gain " to die. Heaven is a better, a happier, a more desirable world than this is or can be.”
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) said by 1870 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Submission to duty and God gives the highest energy. He, who has done the greatest work on earth, said that He came down from heaven, not to do His own will, but the will of Him who sent Him, Whoever allies himself with God is armed with all the forces of the invisible world.”
James Freeman Clarke (1810–1888) said by 1888 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If it be heaven toward which we journey, it will be holiness in which we delight; for if we cannot now rejoice in having God for our portion, where is our meetness for a world in which God is to be all in all forever and forever?”
Henry Melvill (1798–1871) said by 1871 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you can see through the fog for an instant, and you understand haltingly and briefly what good is, and how God is connected with that, it cannot help but put a hell of a perspective on things you perceive as problems, and help you discover multiple ways in which you have been numb. For that brief moment you feel that God's in His heaven and all's right with the world.”
Mark Heard (1951–1992) said by 1992 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We will not go to Heaven,Goetz, and even if we both entered it, we would not have eyes to see each other, nor hands to touch each other. Up there, God gets all the attention.... We can only love on this earth and against God.”
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Let each man think himself an act of God, His mind a thought, his life a breath of God; And let each try, by great thoughts and good deeds, To show the most of Heaven he hath in him.”
Philip James Bailey (1816–1902) said by 1902 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And now we beseech of Thee that we may have every day some such sense of God's mercy and of the power of God about us, as we have of the fullness of the light of heaven before us.”
Henry Ward Beecher (1813–1887) said by 1887 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source