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As for evildoers, for them awaits a painful chastisement; but for those who believe, and do deeds of righteousness, they shall be admitted to gardens underneath which rivers flow, therein dwelling forever, by the leave of their Lord, their greeting therein: Peace!
-Qur'an
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On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.
-Jules Renard
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What they do in heaven we are ignorant of; what they do not do we are told expressly.
-Jonathan Swift
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Look for me in the nurseries of Heaven.
-Francis Thompson
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Celestial navigation is based on the premise that the Earth is the center of the universe. The premise is wrong, but the navigation works. An incorrect model can be a useful tool.
-Kelvin Throop III
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I would rather go to heaven alone than go to hell in company.
-R. A. Torrey
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I wonder whether they have rum and Coke in Heaven? Maybe it's too mundane a pleasure, but I hope so -- as a sundowner. Except, of course, the sun never goes down there. Oh, man, this heaven is going to take some getting used to.
-Desmond Tutu
London Sunday Telegraph, April 27, 2001
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Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
-Mark Twain
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To get to heaven, turn right and keep straight.
-Source Unknown
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When we die and go to Heaven, our Maker is not going to say, Why didn't you discover the cure for such and such? The only thing we're going to be asked at that precious moment is Why didn't you become you?
-Source Unknown
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The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a Heaven that it shows itself cloddish.
-Evelyn Waugh
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The doctrine of the Kingdom of Heaven, which was the main teaching of Jesus, is certainly one of the most revolutionary doctrines that ever stirred and changed human thought.
-H. G. [Herbert George] Wells
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Can you tell a plain man the road to heaven? Certainly, turn at once to the right, then go straight forward.
-B. Wilberforce
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Books about Heaven
