"Paradise does not exist, but we must nonetheless strive to be worthy of it."
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"How tranquil is a coral tomb, and may the heavens grant that my companions and I be buried in no other!"
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"My house is small, but may heaven grant that it is never full of friends."
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"Christianity is about the heart, and the Bible says that we cannot get to heaven on our own good works. No matter how good we are, we cannot be good enough, because God is perfect, and we're always going to be less than perfect."
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"But let me see thee stoop from heaven on wings That fill the sky with silver glitterings!"
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"I was surprised. I'd always associated belief in heaven with, frankly, a kind of intellectual disengagement. But Gus wasn't dumb."
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"All the more vile is the stupidity of those persons who open heaven to all the impious and unbelieving without the grace of Him whom Scripture commonly teaches to be the only door whereby we enter into salvation."
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"Nations and men are only the best when they are the gladdest, and deserve heaven when they enjoy it."
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"Nobody gets into heaven without a glowstick."
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"Know from the bounteous heaven all riches flow."
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"Heaven hears and pities hapless men like me, For sacred ev'n to gods is misery."
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"Now from the smooth deep ocean-stream the sun Began to climb the heavens, and with new rays Smote the surrounding fields."
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"Earth sounds my wisdom, and high heaven my fame."
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"God does not save those who are only imaginary sinners. Be a sinner, and let your sins be strong (sin boldly), but let your trust in Christ be stronger, and rejoice in Christ who is the victor over sin, death, and the world. We will commit sins while we are here, for this life is not a place where justice resides. We, however, ... are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth where justice will reign."
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"Heaven and earth, all the emperors, kings, and princes of the world, could not raise a fit dwelling-place for God; yet, in a weak human soul, that keeps His Word, He willingly resides."
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"A man must be able to affirm, I know for certain, that what I teach is the only Word of the high Majesty of God in heaven, his final conclusion and everlasting, unchangeable truth, and whatsoever concurs and agrees not with this doctrine, is altogether false, and spun by the devil."
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"Someone asked Luther, "Do you feel that you've been forgiven?" He answered, "No, but I'm as sure As there's a God in Heaven!""
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"I do what I do without hope of reward or fear of punishment. I do not require Heaven or Hell to bribe or scare me into acting decently."
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"I believe in Heaven. I don't believe that this is it, and then we're done."
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"Socrates ... brought human wisdom back down from heaven, where she was wasting her time, and restored her to man.... It is impossible to go back further and lower. He did a great favor to human nature by showing how much it can do by itself."
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