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 Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,
 Or what's a heaven for?  
 Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,
 Or what's a heaven for? 
 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. 
In hope to merit Heaven by making earth a Hell.
In hope to merit Heaven by making earth a Hell.
 Heaven means to be one with God.
   - Confucius,  
 Heaven means to be one with God.
   - Confucius, 
 While resignation gently slopes the way;
 And, all his prospects brightening to the last,
  His heaven commences read more 
 While resignation gently slopes the way;
 And, all his prospects brightening to the last,
  His heaven commences ere the world be past. 
Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.
Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.
 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.] 
Heaven will be inherited by every man who has heaven in his soul.
Heaven will be inherited by every man who has heaven in his soul.
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle than for a rich man to read more
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God.