Our Lord's descent from the holy heights of the Mount of Transfiguration was more than a physical return from greater to lesser… — James E. Talmage Copy Share Image
The world and that which, by another name, men have thought good to call Heaven (under the compass of which all things… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
Look at the Metropolitan Community Church today, the gay church, almost accepted into the World Council of Churches. Almost, the vote was… — Jerry Falwell Copy Share Image
The fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony of the Apostles and Prophets, concerning Jesus Christ, that He died, was buried,… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
She [the Virgin Mary] was normal. She had already had other children. The Bible tells us that Jesus had two brothers. Virginity,… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Upon the present theological computation, ten souls must be lost for one that is saved. At which rate of reckoning, heaven can… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever, in religion, in philosophy,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“When confronted by a ‘believer’ it is easy for me to contrast the views of the skeptic with those of the rationalist.… — E. Haldeman-Julius Copy Share Image
When commanded by the Jewish officials to quit invoking the name of Jesus Christ, Peter responded, "And there is salvation in no… — Robert Jeffress Copy Share Image
“And following its path, we took no care To rest, but climbed: he first, then I-- so far, Through a round aperture… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
Viewing our planet was so compelling. Words like beautiful and awesome just don't do it justice. I felt that I was looking… — Michael J. Massimino Copy Share Image
The pain comes from knowing that we have never been safe, and therefore will never be safe again. It comes from knowing… — John Jakes Copy Share Image
My little children, your hearts, are small, but prayer stretches them and makes them capable of loving God. Through prayer we receive… — John Vianney Copy Share Image
“And now that we have returned to the desultory life of the plain, let us endeavor to import a little of that… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“the gate around heaven was crowded when we arrived together. you looked at me and giggled and with whiskey on your rose… — Christopher Poindexter Copy Share Image
I've found him to be a disappointment. Wonderful speech in Egypt, and good intentions aside, foreign policy needs to be firmly grounded… — Munir Butt Copy Share Image
I often saw weary little women coming to the table after most exhausting labors, and large, bumptious husbands spreading out their hands… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
The Christian is joyful, not because he is blind to injustice and suffering, but because he is convinced that these, in the… — D. Elton Trueblood Copy Share Image
Everyone ask what is the meaning of life? Why are we here? Why do we exist? I say its not about why… — C-DASH Copy Share Image
Nobody would say the cowshed was heaven and nobody would say the inhuman torture of so many victims be called a revolution… — Ba Jin Copy Share Image
“And she looked forward to heaven as a place where clothes did not get dirty and where food did not have to… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Now, my own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose. I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If people would forget about utopia! When rationalism destroyed heaven and decided to set it up here on earth, that most terrible… — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
Though some may have more than others, yet every one hath his load, as much as he can carry. Every vessel cannot… — Ezekiel Hopkins Copy Share Image
Heaven grew weary of the excessive pride and luxury of China... I am from the Barbaric North. I wear the same clothing… — Genghis Khan Copy Share Image
I had a dog who loved flowers. Briskly she went through the fields, yet paused for the honeysuckle or the rose, her… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
Do you remember the summer we signed you up for camp? And the night before you left, you said you've changed your… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
The act of self-denial seems to confer on us the right to be harsh and merciless toward others. The impression somehow prevails… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Today's Gypsies, who have lived in Prague for only two generations, light a ritual fire wherever they work, a nomads' fire crackling… — Bohumil Hrabal Copy Share Image
White and shining virgin of all human virtues, ark of the covenant between earth and heaven, tender and strong companion partaking of… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
If your heart takes more pleasure in reading novels, or watching TV, or going to the movies, or talking to friends, rather… — Keith Green Copy Share Image
In each of us lies sleeping beauty, wasted potential, dying dreams. We sleep and live in dormant twilight, never knowing what it… — Kay Thompson Copy Share Image
“I had closed my eyes and seen a place I hadn’t known existed. There was no anger, no loneliness, no jagged icy… — Aryn Kyle Copy Share Image
At last gleams of light have come, and I am almost convinced (quite contrary to opinion I started with) that species are… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
You can't blame me. I mean that literally. You're incapable of blaming me. You're human. Being human is choosing freedom over imprisonment,… — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
“His heaven is like himself: strange, interesting, astonishing, grotesque. I give you my word, it has not a single feature in it… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
On Christ, and what he has done, my soul hangs for time and eternity. And if your soul also hangs there, it… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Oh! how should all hearts be taken with this Christ? Christians! turn your eyes upon the Lord: 'Look, and look again unto… — Isaac Ambrose Copy Share Image
The only way to be a champion is by going through these forced reps and the torture and pain. That's way I… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
“... each gratification points to the ultimate one, and that all happiness has some connection with eternal beatitude. Some connection, if only… — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image