#heaven

We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise. ↗

— Plato

#away #become #earth #far #fly

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend. ↗

— Plautus

#better #friend #heaven #itself #nothing

Heaven is high, Earth Wide. Bitter between them flies my sorrow. ↗

— Li Po

#bitter #earth #flies #heaven #high

When I die, I hope to go to Heaven, whatever the Hell that is. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#go #heaven #hell #hope #i

There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves. ↗

— Robert Quillen

#act #every #glimpses #heaven #ourselves

Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#dream #earth #graves #greatness #heaven

What in heaven's name is strange about a grandmother dancing nude? I'll bet lots of grandmothers do it. ↗

— Sally Rand

#bet #dancing #grandmother #grandmothers #heaven

They've got him - credible witnesses, documents, heaven knows what else. In all my years as a prosecutor I have never seen such an open-and-shut case. ↗

— Elliot Richardson

#credible #documents #else #got #heaven

During my 8 years as chairman, I had the privilege to peer into the future to see dynamic citizen astronauts returning to and from the heavens which we can expect in the future. ↗

— Dana Rohrabacher

#chairman #citizen #during #dynamic #expect

Home - that blessed word, which opens to the human heart the most perfect glimpse of Heaven, and helps to carry it thither, as on an angel's wings. ↗

— Lydia M. Child

#blessed #carry #glimpse #heart #heaven