Doe Quote by Henning Mankell

“All paradises have gates,” Falchi said. “You’d wonder why God made Paradise with an exit if he didn’t anticipate having to use it eventually.”

— Aleksandr Voinov

“The Gates of Heaven and the Gates of Hell are the same gates. It just depends which side you're standing on when you walk…

— Amy Lignor

The Pearly Gates. Am I the only one who finds it odd that Heaven has gates? What kind of neighborhood is Heaven in?

— Jim Gaffigan

Paradise is a state of mind.

— Dolly Parton

Here is an unspeakable secret: paradise is all around us and we do not understand.

— Thomas Merton

Paradise is only for those who have already been there.

— Cynthia Ozick

The gates of heaven are so easily found when we are little, and they are always standing open to let children wander in.

— James M. Barrie

That's why there are ten gates to pass through before you reach the garden. If life were easy there would be one gate. There…

— Alice Hoffman

One can reach the gates of hell just as easily by short steps as by large.

— Douglas Preston

The very nature of paradise is that it will be lost.

— Melissa Coleman

Paradise is not the place you go when you die. Paradise is when your mind is in a perfect state.

— Frederick Lenz

The way to paradise is an uphill climb whereas hell is downhill. Hence, there is a struggle to get to paradise and not to…

— Al-Ghazali