Christianity Quote by Friedrich Holderlin

“What has always made a Hell on earth has been…” quote by Friedrich Holderlin — Download Open image

“What has always made a Hell on earth has been that man has tried to make it his Heaven.”

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (3 ratings)

Christianity Earth Has beens Heaven Hell Hell on earth Made Men Nature Prosperity

More by Friedrich Holderlin

“What is all that men have done and thought over thousands of years, compared with one moment of love. But in all Nature, too,…

Friedrich Hölderlin

Image

“For the mindful god does detest untimely growth.”

Friedrich Hölderlin

Image

“Man kann auch in die Höhe fallen, so wie in die Tiefe.”

Friedrich Hölderlin

Image

“You have a head and a heart? Reveal only one of them, I say; If you reveal both at once, doubly they'll damn you,…

Friedrich Hölderlin

Image

“Holy spirits, you walk up there in the light, on soft earth. Shining god-like breezes touch upon you gently, as a woman's fingers play…

Friedrich Holderlin

Image

I was raised by the song Of the murmuring grove And loving I learned Among Flowers.

Friedrich Holderlin

Image

“I grew up in the arms of the gods.”

Friedrich Hölderlin

Image

“What love and spirit give cannot be extorted. The state has always been made a hell by man's wanting to make it his heaven.…

Friedrich Holderlin

Image

“The God, when he draws near, will the heart stand fast. But, oh my, shame! when of My shame! And let me say at…

Friedrich Hölderlin

Image

“Too long now things divine have been cheaply used And all the power of heaven, the kindly, spent In trifling waste by cold and…

Friedrich Hölderlin

Image

“These fruits are ripe, dipped in fire, Cooked and tested here on earth.”

Friedrich Hölderlin

Image

“Thus the sons of earth now drink in The fire of heaven without danger. And it is our duty, poets, to stand Bare-headed under…

Friedrich Hölderlin

Image

Explore all 33 Friedrich Holderlin quotes

More Christianity quotes

Christianity was never meant to be defined by its disciplines, but by its passions.

Bill Johnson

Image

I think, here's what I've realized from interviewing people, and I've been very open about my Catholicism and my love of Christ and I…

Jay Mohr

Image

“God hates Hell. He hates the idea of people going there. He hates it so much that He was willing to take on human…

Evan Minton

Image

“some of my good Baptist brethren in Georgia had done a little preaching from the pulpit against the KKK, I would have a little…

Norman Moss

Image

I pray that wherever we are and whatever duties we have in the priesthood of God, we will be united in the cause to…

Henry B. Eyring

Image

Why do Christians sing when they are together? The reason is, quite simply, because in singing together it is possible for them to speak…

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Image

“every church can treat each discipleship class and each worship service as an opportunity for continual rehearsal of what the words, stories, symbols, rituals,…

Sarah Arthur

Image

The ability of the gospel to unite us on common strengths and common truths is one of the great miracles . . . of the gospel.

Jeffrey R. Holland

Image

“A question for Christians who accept evolution: When did we gain a "soul"? Did Homo habilis have a soul? Homo ergaster? Did God only…

David G. McAfee

Image

The notion of a non-religious Christmas is ridiculous. But so is the insistence on the part of Christians that politicians and retailers carry out…

Rachel Campos-Duffy

Image

A real Christian in an odd number anyway. He feels supreme love for One whom he has never seen, talks familiarly every day to…

Anonymous

Image

Because the truth is that gossip is as good as gospel in this town. You can save face but you won't ever save your…

Conor Oberst

Image

Browse all 14,371 Christianity quotes

Christianity Quote by Friedrich Holderlin

Related quotes

More by Friedrich Holderlin

More Christianity quotes