Before Quote by Scott Reed

All intelligent beings who are crowned with crowns of glory, immortality, and eternal lives must pass through every ordeal appointed for intelligent beings to…

— Brigham Young

Scripture brought me to the Gate of Paradise, and the mind stood in wonder as it entered.

— Ephrem the Syrian

do not be surprised by your trials, since the Son of God has chosen them for our salvation.

— Vincent de Paul

The garden [of Eden] is the realm of pure beauty from which man is expelled when he becomes interested in ethics, in the fruit…

— John Carroll

“The many great gardens of the world, of literature and poetry, of painting and music, of religion and architecture, all make the point as…

— Anonymous

It is indeed remarkable that the nature of our dealings with our fellowmen will determine, in large measure, our status in the kingdom of…

— Mark E. Petersen

Have I yet to learn that the hardest and best-borne trials are those which are never chronicled in any earthly record, and are suffered…

— Charles Dickens

Make great account of your precious trials, both interior and exterior; it is thus that the garden of Jesus is adorned with flowers, that…

— Paul of the Cross

“Paradise is not a garden of bliss and changeless perfection where the lions lie down like lambs (what would they eat?) and the angels…

— Edward Abbey

“Trials and troubles are an everyday part of living here in a fallen world. Pastor and author Max Lucado says, “Lower your expectations of…

— Inc. Barbour Publishing

All that in this delightful garden grows should happy be and have immortal bliss.

— Anonymous

“If you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you,…

— Claire Fullerton