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Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and
rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through read more
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and
rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth
nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor
steal:
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Heaven has a road, but no one travels it; Hell has no gate but men will dig to get there.
Heaven has a road, but no one travels it; Hell has no gate but men will dig to get there.
Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
You forget that the kingdom of heaven suffers violence: and the kingdom of heaven is like a woman.
You forget that the kingdom of heaven suffers violence: and the kingdom of heaven is like a woman.
God keeps a niche
In Heaven, to hold our idols; and albeit
He brake them to our read more
God keeps a niche
In Heaven, to hold our idols; and albeit
He brake them to our faces, and denied
That our close kisses should impair their white,--
I know we shall behold them raised, complete,
The dust swept from their beauty, glorified,
New Memnons singing in the great God-light.
In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.
In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.
Now he [Nebridius] lives in Abraham's bosom.
[Lat., Nunc ille vivit in sinu Abraham.]
Now he [Nebridius] lives in Abraham's bosom.
[Lat., Nunc ille vivit in sinu Abraham.]
Where tempests never beat nor billows roar.
Where tempests never beat nor billows roar.
Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.
Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.