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“Heaven &earth never agreed better to frame a place for man's habitation; were it fully manured and inhabited by industrious people. Here are mountains, hills, plains, valleys, rivers, and brookes, all running most nicely into a faire Bay, compassed but for the mouth, with fruitful and delightsome land.”
John Smith (explorer) first seen 1606 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source Put this on something
Recorded in: Describing the countryside around Chesapeake Bay (1606); reported in The Generall Historie of Virginia, New England & The Summer Isles (1907), vol. 2, pp. 44–45.
“Well, it has been a long time since manna last fallen from heaven. We cannot live alone; we rely on others to produce the stuff of our material and intellectual life, and we have to organize society so that its members will cooperate toward the common good.”
Ivar Ekeland (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There’s no objective evidence for an afterlife, and anecdotal reports of heaven cannot be distinguished from wishful thinking, self-delusion, and the effects of oxygen loss on the brain.”
James K. Morrow (born 1947) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: City of Truth (1991), as reprinted in Nebula Awards 28, p. 257
“Although Bix Constantine disbelieved in hell as intensely as he did in heaven, he knew what the place would be like. Hell, for Bix, was jealousy. It was failed journalists seeing their enemies receive Pulitzer Prizes. It was compulsive gamblers seeing jackpots gush from adjacent players’ slot machines and sex-starved young men seeing their friends piled high with naked cheerleaders.”
James K. Morrow (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The vice of the groupist theory is that it conceals the most significant aspects of the system. The flaw in the pluralist heaven is that the heavenly chorus sings with a strong upperclass accent. Probably about 90 per cent of the people cannot get into the pressure system.”
Elmer Eric Schattschneider (1892–1971) said by 1971 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Expressive writing" encourages us to see our misfortunes not as flaws that make us unfit for worldly success (or otherworldly heaven), but as the seeds of our growth.”
Susan Cain (born 1968) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Papiamentu is our soul. The language is the only thing that distinguishes us from other nations. We must propagate Papiamentu at schools, at home, in the church, the university, worldwide and up into the heaven, so that we will not lose our soul. Do you share this feeling?”
Frank Martinus Arion (1936–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All Heaven is within thee, Man, And all of Hell within thy heart: What thou dost choose and will to have, That hast thou wheresoe'er thou art.”
Angelus Silesius (1624–1677) said by 1677 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All heaven's glory is within and so is hell's fierce burning. You must yourself decide in which direction you are turning”
Angelus Silesius (1624–1677) said by 1677 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I must not think of thee; and, tired yet strong, I shun the thought that lurks in all delight— The thought of thee—and in the blind Heaven's height, And in the sweetest passage of a song.”
Alice Meynell (1847–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source Put this on something
“If trees cut stars and eyes to heaven I'll bend them back, I'll bend them again If my skin looks tired and old from living I'll turn right back and live it again”
Richard Ashcroft (born 1971) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The unjust distribution of goods persists, creating a situation of social sin that cries out to Heaven and limits the possibilities of a fuller life for so many of our brothers.”
Pope Francis (1936–2025) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Said during a gathering of Latin American bishops, as quoted in 'Option for the Poor' alive and well in Latin America, National Catholic Reporter (21 May 2007)
“They who stand ready to content Love are also eternal and unfathomable. For their conversation is in heaven, and their souls follow everywhere their Beloved who is unfathomable”
Hadewijch (1200–1260) said by 1260 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Democracy and security do not fall from heaven — they come with a cost.”
Su Tseng-chang (born 1947) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Su Tseng-chang (2013) cited in "DPP fully committed to Taiwan’s self-defense, Su says" on Taipei Times, 15 June 2013.
“I am as familiar with the paths of heaven as with the streets of Nehardea, with the exception of the comet, about which I am ignorant.”
Samuel of Nehardea (160–257) said by 257 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The sands of time are sinking The dawn of heaven breaks; The summer morn I've sighed for, The fair, sweet morn, awakes. Dark, dark hath been the midnight, But dayspring is at hand, And glory, glory dwellth In Immanuel's hand”
Anne Ross Cousin (1824–1906) said by 1906 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source Put this on something
“If I ask Him to receive me, Will He say me nay? Not till earth, and not till heaven Pass away.”
Stephen the Hymnographer (725–802) said by 802 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. 153.
“Mankind, from Adam, have been women's fools; Women, from Eve, have been the devil's tools: Heaven might have spar'd one torment when we fell; Not left us woman, or not threatened hell.”
George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne (1666–1735) said by 1735 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source Put this on something
“A keen wind from the west struck our faces, and as swiftly as it had come the fog rolled away from us, in one mighty mass, stripping clean and pure the starry dome of heaven....”
Robert Erskine Childers (1870–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source Put this on something
“Ssu-ma Ch'ien's many-volumed history of China established the frame within which Chinese history continued to be written almost to the present day. Ssu-ma Ch'ien accepted and made canonical the theory that each dynasty began with an especially virtuous ruler and then gradually dissipated that virtue until Heaven lost patience and substituted a new dynasty in its place.”
William H. McNeill (1917–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I saw a fullness, a brightness with which I felt myself so filled that words fail me, nor can I find anything to compare it with. I cannot tell you that I saw something with a bodily form, but he was as he is in heaven, namely, of such an indescribable beauty that I do not know how to describe it to you except as the Beauty and the All Good.”
Angela of Foligno (1248–1309) said by 1309 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“She slides in and you rode down Main Street, you turn right when that red light turns green. Sun sets now, you're half way to heaven. She picks a song, you turn it up to 11, you say "Do you wanna?" and she says "Hell yeah." So you hit the party, all your buddies are jealous. Someday, you'll be looking back on your life at the memories, this is gonna be one of those nights.”
Tim McGraw (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'Cause when you got love, like we got love. I'm holding on to heaven, holding onto you. When you got one, like I got one. Anyway you looking, it's a hell of a view. Don't know where we're gonna be, but I know we're be sitting on top of the world. So keep hanging onto me. Yeah, don't you wanna be sitting on top of the world? Top of the world.”
Tim McGraw (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Offering food [to the hungry], telling the truth and putting others above oneself is a happy way to heaven.”
“By wearing a mark of ash one were to reach heaven, a donkey (that rolls in ash) should reach there surely.”
“By dabbing sandalwood paste on the forehead one were to reach heaven, the stone used to grind the paste should be first to go there.”
“There is no Heaven, no Swarga, no Hell, no rebirth, no reincarnation and no immortality. The only thing that is true is that a man is born, he lives and he dies. Therefore, he should live his life properly.”
C. V. Raman (1888–1970) first seen 1934 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a public lecture at Bangalore in 1934, from
“That tho' a Man were admitted into Heaven to view the wonderful Fabrick of the World, and the Beauty of the stars, yet what would otherwise be Rapture and Extasie, would be but melancholy Amazement if he had not a Friend to communicate it to.”
Archytas (430–345 BC) said by 345 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attributed to Archytus by Christiaan Huygens, The Celestial Worlds Discover'd (1722) Book 1, pt.4 and quoted by Arthur Beer, Vistas in Astronomy (1955) Vol.1 Cicero was reputed to have said the same thing.
“If music is bad then why has it reached such heights? Why does music make me to soar towards heaven? The religion of music is one; all other are different. I tell the Mullas that this is the only haqeeqat (reality). This is my world. My Namaaz is the seven ‘sudh’ [pure] and five ‘komal’ [soft] surs.”
Bismillah Khan (1916–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They're attempting to stop us here before this very important mission is launched. And that mission is taking place in the third heaven.”
Alex Jones (born 1974) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: #675: April 25, 2022 (Knowledge Fight: #675: April 25, 2022)
“I am a being of Heaven and Earth, of thunder and lightning, of rain and wind, of the galaxies, of the suns and the stars and the void through which they travel. The essence of nature, eternal, divine that all men seek to know to hear, known as the great illusion time, and the all-prevailing atmosphere. And now you know my background.”
Eden ahbez (1908–1995) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tape recording declaring how he recited one of his poems in response to a question "What is your background?" (1992)
“Now Heaven and Earth are older than the temples, and older than the Scriptures, and whether we realize it or not, they hold more authority.”
Eden ahbez (1908–1995) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tape recording to Joe Romersa (1992)
“Say it, reader. Say the word "quest" out loud. It is an extraordinary word, isn't it? So small and yet so full of wonder, so full of hope.so trthen despererux died i n heaven and in peace”
Kate DiCamillo (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I still wanted to tell our teacher about how the Indian people who’d worked on the ranch for us had explained to me that Shep, who’d always loved my brother more than life itself, had disappeared, because he’d run off to the highest hilltop to intercept my brother’s soul so he could lead my brother’s soul back to heaven.”
Victor Villaseñor (born 1940) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'Tis thus that men to heaven aspire: Go on and raise your glories higher.”
John Conington (1825–1869) said by 1869 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source Put this on something
“This fair city opens to all Rama’s heaven, The whole world knows well here is holiness given. Beyond number souls from the four wombs are born. But the souls who in Avadh die never return. Well knowing this city the home of delight, The giver of wealth, source of all that is bright, Its history pure I’ll begin to relate; Once heard it destroys passion, envy and hate.”
Tulsidas (1511–1623) said by 1623 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I open heaven; I do what was commanded in Memphis. I have knowledge of my heart; I am in possession of my heart, I am in possession of my arms, [4] I am in possession of my legs, at the will of myself. My Soul is not imprisoned in my body at the gates of Amenti (xxvi. 5, 6).”
Annie Besant (1847–1933) said by 1933 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source Put this on something
“Fechner laid down the general outlines of his program [psychophysics] in ZendAvesta, the book about heaven and the future life. Imagine sending a graduate student of psychology nowadays to the Divinity School for a course in immortality as preparation for advanced experimental work in psychophysics! How narrow we have become!”
Edwin Boring (1886–1968) said by 1968 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. 128: As cited in: Hergenhahn (2008;254)
“I am quite incapable of doing them [making landscapes], even the shadow. My trees look like spinach and my sea like heaven knows what.. ..[the Mediterranean landscape was] the devil to paint, precisely because it is so beautiful.”
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901) first seen 1879 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. 46 - remark to his friend Etienne Devismes - in Nice, 1879
“I thank heaven that I was born in the same century as this remarkable artist [= Daubigny ].”
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796–1875) first seen 1865 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: a remark c. 1865; as quoted in Corot, Gary Tinterow, Michael Pantazzi, Vincent Pomarède - Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (France), National Gallery of Canada, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), 1996, p. 2…
“Sometimes I'm tossed and driven, Lord, Sometimes I don't know where to go. My mother and father won't own me, So I'll try to make heaven my home.”
Tina Turner (1939–2023) first seen 1969 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: I Am a Motherless Child" on Outta Season (1969)
“Some of us are livin' in an earthly heaven, Lord, some of us are livin' in hell. Yeah, we're livin' in hell, Right here.”
Tina Turner (1939–2023) first seen 1973 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: That's My Purpose" on Nutbush City Limits (1973)
“He who seldom thinks of heaven is not likely to get thither; as the only way to hit the mark is to keep the eye fixed upon it.”
George Horne (1730–1792) said by 1792 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source Put this on something
Recorded in: George Horne, Aphorisms and Opinions of Dr. George Horne 1857, p. 39
“It was the business of the Sorbonne doctors to discuss, of the pope to decide, and of a mathematician to go straight to heaven in a perpendicular line.”
Jacques Ozanam (1640–1718) said by 1718 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“By heaven, I verily believe if he were only to employ you to draw him up a lease for a year, he would never be able to get out of your clutches as long as he lived. ...Old Slangy was a fool to you.”
Joseph Ritson (1752–1803) said by 1803 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source Put this on something
“Nietzsche, unlike Jesus Christ, did not mistake his common folk and their ideals; he knew all they wanted was bread and fish, and that they spurned the bread which “cometh from Heaven.”
Oscar Levy (1867–1946) said by 1946 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source Put this on something
“I will devote one third of my essence to the cooperative movement. But two thirds belong to humanity and myself. I will always practice new things, everything between heaven and earth. But a third I'm happy to give: and the rest two thirds supports greatly everything I can give to the cooperative movement.”
Yrjö Kallinen (1886–1976) said by 1976 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And we think that this ultimate blessedness differs only in degree from the happy and joyful experiences of our lives. Whereas the truth is that it differs in kind. The joys, not only of the earth, but of any conceivable heaven - which we can conceive only as some happy and fortunate prolongation of our lives in time - are not of the same order as that ultimate blessedness.”
Walter Terence Stace (1886–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Christian story did not drop from heaven fully written. It grew and developed year by year over a period of forty-two to seventy years. That is not what most Christians have been taught to think, but it is factual. Christianity has always been an evolving story. It was never, even in the New Testament, a finished story.”
John Shelby Spong (1931–2021) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Biblical Literalism: A Gentile Heresy (2016)
“We will have even more successful and even more fruitful movements. Radical, merciless, pro-violence views will be wiped out and we will make this world a place like Heaven on Earth insha’Allah. The world will be an abode of peace, it will be a festive place.”
Adnan Oktar (born 1956) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 20 April 2013.