#eternal

There can be many different views of what Heaven is like, because Heaven is whatever makes each person eternally and fully happy. ↗

— Mattie Stepanek

#different #each #eternally #fully #happy

Life has no meaning, the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal. ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

#life #life

His eyes were warm as he gazed at me. “I would do anything for you, don’t ever forget that.” Emil moved closer, gently tucking the rose behind my ear. The floral scent perfumed every breath I took as Emil brushed his thumb lightly over my lips. “Evie, I lost you once, I won’t lose you again. Even if it takes a thousand years to earn your trust and win you back, I’ll do it. You’re the only person in my life who matters. You’re the only person who ever has. I love you. Emil ↗

— Angela Corbett

#life

Sometimes, Johannes would pop his head in the filing room and ask, "Need anything?" 'Yes. I would like you to ravage me here on the floor and swear your undying love to me.'"No. Thanks. I'm good. ↗

— Libba Bray

#the-eternal-kiss #the-thirteenth-step #love

Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity. ↗

— Voltaire

#consciousness #dissolution #eternal #infinity #knowing

What you are, and who you are should provide greater clarity about where you have been and where you are headed. Although one distinguishes spiritual from physical nature, the ultimate unification of the two is the consequence of the struggle for internal, external and eternal – peace. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#consequences #direction #eternal-peace #external-peace #internal-peace

Man can certainly flee from God... but he cannot escape him. He can certainly hate God and be hateful to God, but he cannot change into its opposite the eternal love of God which triumphs even in his hate. ↗

— Karl Barth

#certainly #change #escape #eternal #eternal love

Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#being #contingent #eternal #fleeting #half

Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, which make up one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immutable. This transitory fugitive element, which is constantly changing, must not be despised or neglected. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#being #changing #constantly #contingent #despised

The moment eternal - just that and no more - When ecstasy's utmost we clutch at the core While cheeks burn, arms open, eyes shut, and lips meet! ↗

— Robert Browning

#burn #cheeks #clutch #core #ecstasy