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title: "6 Heaven Distant Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [Heaven and God are not high above us, far away; they are deep within us. Heaven is not a distant country where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-chinmoy/heaven-and-god-are-not-high-above-us-far-away-they-are-deep-within-us/)

[Sri Chinmoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-chinmoy/)

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> [We see but dimly through the mists and vapors; Amid these earthly damps What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers May…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/we-see-but-dimly-through-the-mists-and-vapors-amid-these-earthly/)

[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/)

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> [We are limited by our visual, physical senses; yet from the Scriptures we can readily conclude that heaven is indeed not distant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-p-enns/we-are-limited-by-our-visual-physical-senses-yet-from-the-scriptures/)

[Paul P. Enns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-p-enns/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c67/paul-p-enns-23394_heaven_we-are-limited-by-our-visual-physical-se_783937.jpg)

> [Heaven often seems distant and unknown, but if He who made the road... is our guide, we need not fear to lose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-van-dyke/heaven-often-seems-distant-and-unknown-but-if-he-who-made-the-road-is/)

[Henry Van Dyke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-van-dyke/)

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> [What seems to us but dim funeral tapers may be heaven's distant lamps.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/what-seems-to-us-but-dim-funeral-tapers-may-be-heaven-s-distant-lamps/)

[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/)

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> [Scripture indicates that heaven is not distant but rather... heaven is near in another realm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-p-enns/scripture-indicates-that-heaven-is-not-distant-but-rather-heaven-is/)

[Paul P. Enns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-p-enns/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/235/paul-p-enns-23394_bible_scripture-indicates-that-heaven-is-not-d_1526944.jpg)

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