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Sir Walter Scott:Love rules the court, the camp,


Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
by Sir Walter Scott


Alfred Lord Tennyson:Men at most differ as


Men at most differ as Heaven and Earth, but women, worst and best, as Heaven and Hell.
by Alfred Lord Tennyson


Chinese Proverb:Mankind fears an evil man but


Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
by Chinese Proverb


Euripides:This is courage in a man: to bear


This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.
by Euripides


William Hazlitt:The perfect joys of heaven do


The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature.
by William Hazlitt


William Shakespeare:The love of heaven makes one


The love of heaven makes one heavenly.
by William Shakespeare


I Ching:Great indeed is the sublimity of the


Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.
by I Ching


Confucius:Death and life have their determined


Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honours depend upon heaven.
by Confucius


Confucius:Death and life have their determined


Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.
by Confucius


Frederick II:All religions must be


All religions must be tolerated...for...every man must get to heaven in his own way.
by Frederick II


Marcus Aurelius:What springs from earth


What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat.
by Marcus Aurelius


Horace:Nothing is too high for the daring of


Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we storm heaven itself in our folly.
by Horace


Gamaliel Bailey:Earth took her shining station


Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds.
by Gamaliel Bailey


Saadi:The bad fortune of the good turns their


The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.
by Saadi


William Shakespeare:Ignorance is the curse of


Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.
by William Shakespeare


William Shakespeare:Down on your knees, and


Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love. (As You Like It)
by William Shakespeare


Arthur P. Stanley:There are glimpses of heaven


There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves.
by Arthur P. Stanley


Willis:What is ambition? 'Tis a glorious cheat.


What is ambition? 'Tis a glorious cheat. Angels of light walk not so dazzlingly the sapphire walls of heaven.
by Willis


Lu Yen:That which exists through itself is


That which exists through itself is called The Eternal. The Eternal has neither name nor shape. It is the one essence, the one primal spirit. Essence and life cannot be seen. They are contained in the light of heaven. The light of heaven cannot be seen. It is contained in the two eyes.
by Lu Yen


Lao-Tzu:The Way of Heaven does not compete, And


The Way of Heaven does not compete, And yet it skillfully achieves victory. It does not speak, and yet it skillfully responds to things. It comes to you without your invitation. It is not anxious about things and yet is plans well. Heaven's net is indeed vast. Though its meshes are wide, it misses nothing.
by Lao-Tzu


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