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"...One who possesses four qualities is deposited in heaven as if brought there. What four? Bodily good conduct, verbal good conduct, mental good conduct, and gratitude or thankfulness. One possessing these four qualities is deposited in heaven as if brought there."
"It is the duty of a man of honor to teach others the good which he has not been able to do himself because of the malignity of the times, that this good finally can be done by another more loved in heaven."
"A society must assume that it is stable, but the artist must know, and he must let us know, that there is nothing stable under heaven."
"There are few things under heaven more unnerving than the silent, accumulating contempt and hatred of a people."
"Every man must get to Heaven his own way."
"Americans want to go to heaven without dying."
"Day, like a weary pilgrim, had reached the western gate of heaven, and Evening stooped down to unloose the latchets of his sandal shoon."
"Under the heavens and under the sea there's a friend I don't know, who holds the right key."
"When God creates faith in a man, that is as great a work as if He created heaven and earth all over again."
"Of course! The path to heaven doesn't lie down in flat miles. It's in the imagination with which you perceive this world, and the gestures with which you honor it."
"Now in November nearer comes the sun down the abandoned heaven."
"The choice of every lost soul can be expressed in the words "Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven." There is always something they insist on keeping, even at the price of misery."
"The stars in the heavens sing a music, if only we had ears to hear"
"Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love."
"Heaven is home. Utopia is here. Nirvana is now."
"O power of fantasy that steals our minds from things outside, to leave us unaware, although a thousand trumpets may blow loud--what stirs you if the senses show you nothing? Light stirs you, formed in Heaven, by itself, or by His will Who sends it down to us."
"I always say if God didn't allow any bad things to happen, we would already be in heaven. And we are not there. That's where trust and faith comes in. You just say, "Lord, I don't understand it. But one thing I do know is that you understand it and that you are in control and I trust you.""
"Heaven invades earth when there is agreement here to what exists there. Honestly, that's how it happens."
"When the Sun Clearest shineth Serenest in the heaven, Quickly are obscured All over the earth Other stars."
"Earth is heaven. Or hell. Your choice."
