The real "opium of the people", distracting men's minds from their essential task, is the communist myth of an earthly paradise. — Jean Danielou Copy Share Image
We could either develop paradise on Earth or oblivion; wipe ourselves out, only the future will tell. It's what you do to… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
My later jobs as a waitress felt like a posh paradise after my first one at Boston Market. — Kat Timpf Copy Share Image
Those who are looking for paradise on Earth should come and see Dubrovnik. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
A thankful person is thankful under all circumstances. A complaining soul complains even in paradise. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A space in Paradise equivalent to the size of a foot would be better than the world and what is in it. — Muhammad Copy Share Image
I prefer to die than fall into a life of crime. If everyone starts thinking like that, the world will become a… — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
Did you know that Allah promises you a seat in Paradise if you kill a Christian? — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
We are not men, to have need of another, an eternal life; we are women, and for us one moment with man… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
“ADAM AND EVE, sitting in Paradise, chatting: "If we could only open the gate and leave," says Eve. "To go where, my… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
Through faith we are restored to paradise and created anew. We have no need of works in order to be righteous; however,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Go-go is so drum and Congo based. It's almost like music from Africa. The drums like on 'Planet Paradise' are deeply African-rooted.… — Goldlink Copy Share Image
The peak of empathogens can be characterised as earthly paradise in comparison to the heavenly paradise of LSD and hallucinogens of that… — Claudio Naranjo Copy Share Image
Not in purity or in holiness merely, for in Paradise man was holy, and he shall be holy when redeemed through the… — Matthew Simpson Copy Share Image
“After the death of my marriage, I was hell-bent on keeping the bird-of-paradise alive. I would take it slowly. Plants first. And… — Margot Berwin Copy Share Image
Hawai'i is not truly the idyllic paradise of popular songs--islands of love and tranquility, where nothing bad ever happens. It was and… — Alan Brennert Copy Share Image
Homo religiosus invents religious symbols, which he venerates and worships to save him from facing the finality of his death and dissolution.… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
Once in those very early days my brother brought into the nursery the lid of a biscuit tin which he had covered… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The contract between the author and the reader is a game. And the game . . . is one of the greatest… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
Vividly imagined, beautifully written, at times almost unbearably suspenseful-the stories in Kristiana Kahakauwila's debut collection, This Is Paradise, are boldly inventive in… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
If anyone without the right faith receives Baptism outside the Church, he does not receive it unto salvation ... From the comparison… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“Paradise or no paradise, I have the very definite impression that the people of this vicinity are striving to live up to… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
It is possible for us to live in the very sense of the Lord's presence, under even the most difficult circumstances. If… — Brother Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Pearl introduces an original story, in a form which was to become one of the most frequent in mediaeval literature, the dream-vision.… — Ronald Carter Copy Share Image
“Peace be upon you, for you have persevered! How excellent, then, this fulfilment in the hereafter!” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had a definite sense of somehow being a passenger in an evil vehicle crusing through Paradise. — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
England is a paradise for women and hell for horses; Italy is a paradise for horses, hell for women, as the diverb… — Robert Burton Copy Share Image
“Ni rahisi kushinda vita ya maisha na kuishi mbinguni duniani. Ni vigumu kushinda vita ya dhambi na kuishi mbinguni paradiso.” — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
When people come to Jamaica, we don't want them to think about the problems of Jamaica. So let them come be in… — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
Love means setting aside walls, fences, and unlocking doors and saying 'Yes.' One can be in paradise by simply saying 'yes' to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end. — William Penn Copy Share Image
“I’ve been in your body, baby, and it was paradise. I’ve been in your body and it was a carnival ride.” — Richard Siken Copy Share Image
Almost all serious stories in the world are stories of failure with a death in it. But there is more lost paradise… — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
You think it doesn't really matter if you screw up this time around because you can just sort it all out in… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, opulence is when you have three - and paradise… — Doug Larson Copy Share Image
Man has been driven out of the paradise in which he could trust his instincts. — Konrad Lorenz Copy Share Image
Miami’s like paradise. And I think the beaches are topless. So we’re gonna spend a lot of time at the beach. — Pauly D Copy Share Image
Before Darwin, our world was very religious. People saw altruism as something given by God for us to be good so that… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
Through the sunset of hope, Like the shapes of a dream, What paradise islands of glory gleam! — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
Here is an unspeakable secret: paradise is all around us and we do not understand. — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
