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“Oh! help me, heaven," she prayed, "to be decorative and to do right!”
Ronald Firbank (1886–1926) first seen 1923 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Flower Beneath the Foot (1923), cited from The Complete Ronald Firbank (London: Duckworth, 1961) p. 516.
“Holy Communion is the shortest and safest way to Heaven. There are others: innocence, but that is for little children; penance, but we are afraid of it; generous endurance of trials of life, but when they come we weep and ask to be delivered. The surest, easiest, shortest way is the Eucharist.”
Pope Pius X (1835–1914) said by 1914 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Quotable Saints (2003) by Ronda Chervin, p. 79
“Satan, being fallen from light to darkness, from felicity to misery, from heaven to hell, from an angel to a devil, is so full of malice and envy that he will leave no means unattempted, whereby he may make all others eternally miserable with himself.”
Thomas Brooks (Puritan) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Say to thy soul, O my soul! If thou wilt sin with the multitude, thou must be shut out of heaven with the multitude, thou must be cast down to hell with the multitude.”
Thomas Brooks (Puritan) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Many are now dropped into hell that have formerly presumed of their going to heaven.”
Thomas Brooks (Puritan) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is no soul under heaven that commonly lies under the commanding power of the Word, but that soul that has an interest in the Word of Promise.”
Thomas Brooks (Puritan) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Surely it is more honourable to do great things, than to speak or read great things!...When a Christian has one eye upon his book, the other should be looking up to heaven for a blessing upon what he reads.”
Thomas Brooks (Puritan) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is self-love, and its offspring, self-deception, which shut the gates of heaven, and lead men, as in a delicious dream, to hell.”
Christian Scriver (1629–1693) said by 1693 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The study of every thing that stands connected with the death of Christ, whether it be in the types of the ceremonial law, the predictions of the prophets, the narratives of the Gospels, the doctrines of the epistles, or the sublime vision of the Apocalypse, this is the food of the soul, the manna from heaven, the bread of life. This is "meat indeed" and "drink indeed.”
John Angell James (1785–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“High above all earthly lower happiness, the blessedness of the eight Beatitudes towers into the heaven itself. They are white with the snows of eternity; they give a space, a meaning, a dignity to all the rest of the earth over which they brood.”
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1815–1881) said by 1881 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Satanism to Anton LaVey was the celebration of that part of ourselves. His rituals were parodies of Catholic rituals. His philosophy was to embrace that "darkness" within ourselves, since it led to pleasure and pleasure was the real aim of life; after life there was nothing. No Heaven, no Hell, just the grave. We cease to exist.”
Sean Sellers (1969–1999) said by 1999 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is a better and a wiser thing to be a starved apothecary than a starved poet; so back to the shop Mr. John, back to "plasters, pills, and ointment boxes," &c. But, for Heaven's sake, young Sangrado, be a little more sparing of extenuatives and soporifics in your practice than you have been in your poetry.”
John Gibson Lockhart (1794–1854) first seen 1818 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, August 1818, p. 524.
“But what is after all the happiness of mere power? There is a greater happiness possible than to be lord of heaven and earth; that is the happiness of being truly loved.”
Lafcadio Hearn (1850–1904) said by 1904 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Religions are like lofty peaks rising high above the surrounding plains of our physical being, merging, as it were, into the distant domain of heaven itself, beckoning the human spirit with grandeur.”
Varadaraja V. Raman (born 1932) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hell is a fallacy, and heaven is a fantasy created by man.”
“Not as men of science, not as critics, not as philosophers, but as little children, shall we enter into the kingdom of heaven.”
John Campbell Shairp (1819–1885) said by 1885 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our earthly possessions will indeed perish in the final wreck of all things; but let the ship perish, let all we have sink in the deep, if we may come "safe to land." From these storms and billows — these dangerous seas — these tempestuous voyages — may we all be brought at last, safe to heaven.”
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) said by 1870 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When life has been well spent; when there is a conscience without reproach; when there is faith in the Saviour; when there is a well-founded hope of heaven, there can be nothing that should disquiet us.”
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) said by 1870 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As a dead man cannot inherit an estate, no more can a dead soul inherit heaven. The soul must be resurrected in Christ.”
Dwight L. Moody (1837–1899) said by 1899 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Science... has a long road to travel from the stars to the kingdom of heaven. But there seems to be but the one chasm that cannot be crossed, and which, though the gulf ever narrows, still remains unbridged.”
Frederick Soddy (1877–1956) said by 1956 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No free government under Heaven, with a well disciplined militia was ever yet subdued by mercenary troups.”
John DeWitt first seen 1649 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Antifederalist PapersJohn DeWitt IV[http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=1649 (1787)
“Ah, what a life is theirs who live in Christ; How vast the mystery! Reaching in height to heaven, and in its depth The unfathomed sea!”
Elizabeth Prentiss (1818–1878) first seen 1873 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Mystery of Life in Christ", stanza 5, in Religious Poems (New York: Anson D. F. Randolph & Company, 1873), p. 41.
“A man once said that the pinnacle of success Was when you've finally lost interest In money, compliments, and publicity A noble enough idea I suppose How on Earth he does this heaven only knows I know I need a lot more of all three of those Before I'll ever have the nerve to turn up my nose At any money, or compliments, or publicity”
Todd Snider (1966–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Selfishness, eager for a heaven of enjoyment, is quite a different thing in the soul from love and purity and truth, yearning together for what is their natural element.”
William Mountford (1816–1885) said by 1885 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You in my soul I see, faithful watcher by my cot-side long days and nights together through the delirium of mortal anguish, steadfast, calm, and sweet as eternal love. We pass now quickly from each other's sight; but I know full well that where beyond these passing scenes you shall be, there will be heaven!”
Joshua Chamberlain (1828–1914) said by 1914 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Passing of the Armies: An account of the Army of the Potomac, based upon personal reminiscences of the Fifth Army Corps (1915), "The Last Review
“Mother told me always to follow the golden rule. And she said it's really a sin to be mean and cruel. So remember if you're untrue Angels up in heaven are looking at you.”
Hal David (1921–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Very quickly the church found intolerable and inapplicable features in what Jesus Christ demanded and proclaimed. Let us simply take two themes. First, he tells us to be perfect as our Father in heaven is perfect. But how can anyone take this impossibility seriously? … Again, Jesus says, “Go, sell all your goods, give them to the poor, and then come and follow me.” How are we to take this? …”
Jacques Ellul (1912–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Heaven above is softer blue Earth around is sweeter green; Something lives in every hue Christless eyes have never seen Birds with gladder songs o'erflow Flowers with deeper beauties shine. Since I know, as now I know, I am His, and He is mine.”
George Wade Robinson (1838–1877) said by 1877 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Loved with Everlasting Love," Baptist Hymn Book (Pasalms and & Hymns Trust, London, 1962)
“We were not interested in a Christianity that offered these families only mansions and streets of golds in heaven when all they wanted was a bed for their kids now. And many Christians had an extra one. (p. 64)”
Shane Claiborne (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This feeling's so good in every single way, I want it morning, noon and night of every day; And if by chance I cannot have it, I can't say But with it I know heaven's just a kiss away.”
Prince (musician) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“So bless, you my darling, my angel, Heaven is mine and life is divine with you.”
Eddie Lane (born 1927) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Each sinner transformed into a saint is a new token of a redeeming power among men. That token declares to observers, not that there is a King in heaven, not that there is a "Father of Lights," but that there is a Saviour. And this is the testimony that the world especially needs.”
William Arthur (minister) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Now I love to feel that warm southern rain, Just to hear it fall is the sweetest sounding thing. And to see it fall on your simple country dress It's like heaven to me I must confess.”
Ben Harper (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If Christianity has really come from heaven, it must renew the whole life of man; it must govern the life of nations no less than that of individuals; it must control a Christian when acting in his public and political capacity as completely as when he is engaged in the duties which belong to him as a member of a family circle.”
Henry Liddon (1829–1890) first seen 1877 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sermon XIII: "The Courage of Faith" (May 25, 1877), p. 205.
“Everything must be done Lesheim Shamayim (for the sake of Heaven), even [actions done] Lesheim Shamayim.”
Menachem Mendel of Kotzk (1787–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is they who glorify, who shall enjoy Him; they who deny themselves, who shall not be denied; they who labor on earth, who shall rest in heaven; they who bear the cross, who shall wear the crown; they who seek to bless others, who shall be blessed.”
Thomas Guthrie (1803–1873) said by 1873 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is not with a rush and a spring that we are to reach Christ's character, and attain to perfect saintship; but step by step, foot by foot, hand over hand, we are slowly and often painfully to mount the ladder that rests on earth, and rises to heaven.”
Thomas Guthrie (1803–1873) said by 1873 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It appears to me that, even within the recollection of living men, the Christian faith has come to be less and less regarded as a commanding and mighty power from heaven, a voice of authority, a law of holy life, but more and more as an easy going guide to future enjoyment, to a universal happiness and an indiscriminate salvation.”
Frederic Dan Huntington (1819–1904) said by 1904 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Folly is built on pride, on pride and power, And power ends in weariness and duty: Even the hooded eagle cannot soar to heaven .”
Michael Roberts (writer) first seen 1939 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Our Time", 1939. Quoted in Skelton, Robin, Poetry of the Thirties, Penguin Books, 1963 (pp. 53).
“A converted man will not wish to go to heaven alone.”
J. C. Ryle (1816–1900) said by 1900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The highest form of selfishness is that of the man who is content to go to heaven alone.”
J. C. Ryle (1816–1900) said by 1900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What we sow here, we reap there! Can it be supposed that the soul will enjoy a reward or endure a retribution for deeds of which it has no recollection? Is the thing possible? Will it enjoy the bliss of heaven, praising Christ forever as its great Saviour, without any remembrance of the sins and sufferings from which He redeemed and saved it? The idea is absurd.”
Randolph Sinks Foster (1820–1903) said by 1903 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Show me the man who would go to heaven alone if he could, and I will show you one who will never be admitted there.”
Owen Feltham (1602–1668) said by 1668 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I believe that into the weakest, saddest heart that opens to receive this Divine Guest, the Father and the Son will come and abide; and the exalted joy that abiding brings, what words can express! The Divine dwelling in the human, the Infinite in the finite, how marvelous! how glorious! This must be the real foretaste of heavenly joy — the truest heaven we can know on earth.”
Arthur Kenney (1776–1855) said by 1855 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Perhaps heaven may not be so far away as we fancy; and if our eyes were not holden, we should see angels ascending and descending, and blessed spirits thronging all about us.”
Arthur Kenney (1776–1855) said by 1855 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I really believe if, instead of shutting ourselves into our sorrows and keeping all the light of heaven out of our souls, we opened them to receive Him, Christ would so come to us that the season of our deepest grief and anguish would become one of the richest and most precious of our whole lives.”
Arthur Kenney (1776–1855) said by 1855 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It was the custom of the Roman emperors, at their triumphal entrance, to cast new coins among the multitudes; so doth Christ, in His triumphal ascension into heaven, throw the greatest gifts for the good of men that were ever given.”
Thomas Goodwin (1600–1680) said by 1680 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 78.
“The life of the husbandman,—a life fed by the bounty of earth and sweetened by the airs of heaven.”
Douglas William Jerrold (1803–1857) said by 1857 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Husbandman's Life, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Also quoted by: Douglas Jerrold
“Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah, Pilgrim through this barren land; I am weak, but Thou art mighty; Hold me with Thy powerful hand; Bread of heaven! Feed me till I want no more.”
William Williams Pantycelyn (1717–1791) said by 1791 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 263.
“Hey, cool princess With your eyes hanging The milk of the moon Hey, pretty princess Take me down to your cave in the dawn And you're gonna be a queen When the stars water Heaven with tears And you gonna love me When all our Golden lands are free.”
Mike Oldfield (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source