Animal Quote by D. H. Lawrence

Because of impatience we were driven out [of Paradise]; because of impatience we cannot return.

— Franz Kafka

“We are used to the thought that we’ll go to Heaven if we avoid sins or have our pastor remove them. To labor ourselves…

— Stefan Emunds

Adam was taken out of paradise while he was in it. He was taken out because of a single sin that he did. And…

— Nayely Saldana

Paradise belonged to the innocent. Which was why it was and would ever remain empty. And that is what makes it a paradise.

— Steven Erikson

If there were no affliction in this world we might think we were in paradise.

— Simone Weil

Paradise was unendurable, otherwise the first man would have adapted to it; this world is no less so, since here we regret paradise or…

— Anonymous

“Paradise,’ he began, and the p meant a spray. ‘The old legend about Paradise—that was about us, about right now. Yes! Just think about…

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

Though I do not believe that my desire for Paradise proves that I shall enjoy it, I think it a pretty good indication that…

— C. S. Lewis

Having mourned your sin, for outward Eden lost, find paradise within.

— John Dryden

Sin and death and suffering and war and poverty are not natural—they are the devastating results of our rebellion against God. We long for…

— Randy Alcorn

You're mistaken, Father. You were in paradise, but you didn't recognize it. It's the same with most people in this world; they seek suffering…

— Paulo Coelho

We sinned for no reason but an incomprehensible lack of love, and He saved us for no reason but an incomprehensible excess of love.

— Peter Kreeft