#heaven

Free will carried many a soul to hell, but never a soul to heaven. ↗

— Charles Spurgeon

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Frank called me one day and said, 'I have an idea for a movie, why don't you come over and I'll tell you?' So I went over and we sat down and he said, 'This picture starts in heaven'. That shook me. ↗

— James Stewart

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Sincerity is the way to heaven. ↗

— Mencius

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Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you. ↗

— Saint Isaac of Nineveh

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Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven. ↗

— John Milton

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You can just drift unhappily towards this vision of heaven on earth, and ultimately that is what architecture is a vision of: Heaven on earth, at it's best. ↗

— Ben Nicholson

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Not in purity or in holiness merely, for in Paradise man was holy, and he shall be holy when redeemed through the sacrifice of Christ and made an heir of heaven. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

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First of all it must be known who the God of heaven is, since upon that all the other things depend. ↗

— Emanuel Swedenborg

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The angels taken collectively are called heaven, for they constitute heaven; and yet that which makes heaven in general and in particular is the Divine that goes forth from the Lord and flows into the angels and is received by them. ↗

— Emanuel Swedenborg

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As long as a population can be induced to believe in a supernatural hereafter, it can be oppressed and controlled. People will put up with all sorts of tyranny, poverty, and painful treatment if they're convinced that they'll eventually escape to some resort in the sky where lifeguards are superfluous and the pool never closes. Moreover, the faithful are usually willing to risk their skins in whatever military adventure their government may currently be promoting. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#heaven #military #religion #tyranny #war