Kingdom Of Heaven Quotes - Page 6

• The concept (of happiness) is universal. In Buddhism, it is called causeless joy, in Christianity, the kingdom of heaven within, and in Judaism it is called ashrei, an inner sense of holiness and health. Is Islam it is called falah, happiness and well-being, and in Hinduism it is called ananda, or pure bliss.

  Marci Shimoff

  Happiness, Buddhism, Joy

  Marci Shimoff, Carol Kline (2009). “Happy for No Reason: 7 Steps to Being Happy from the Inside Out”, p.26, Simon and Schuster

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• I say one thing, you write another, and those who read you understand still something else! I say: cross, death, kingdom of heaven, God...and what do you understand? Each of you attaches his own suffering, interests and desires to each of these sacred words, and my words disappear, my soul is lost. I can't stand it any longer!

  Nikos Kazantzakis

  Writing, Heaven, Soul

  Nikos Kazantzakis, Peter Bien (1988). “The Last Temptation of Christ”, p.415, Simon and Schuster

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• [Naaman] dipped himself," it says, "seven times in Jordan." It was not for nothing that Naaman of old, when suffering from leprosy, was purified upon his being baptized, but as an indication to us. For as we are lepers in sin, we are made clean by means of the sacred water and the invocation of the Lord from our old transgressions, being spiritually regenerated as new-born babes, even as the Lord has declared: "Except a man be born again through water and the Spirit, he shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

  Irenaeus of Lyons

  Mean, Men, Baptized In

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• For what is Mysticism? It is not the attempt to draw near to God, not by rites or ceremonies, but by inward disposition? Is it not merely a hard word for 'The Kingdom of Heaven is within'? Heaven is neither a place nor a time.

  Florence Nightingale

  Diversity, Heaven, Inward

  Florence Nightingale, Michael D. Calabria, Janet A. Macrae (1994). “Suggestions for Thought by Florence Nightingale: Selections and Commentaries”, p.13, University of Pennsylvania Press

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• In the Kingdom of Heaven, there is no grandeur to be won, inasmuch as there all is an established hierarchy, the unknown is revealed, existence is infinite, there is no possibility of sacrifice, all is rest and joy. For this reason, bowed down by suffering and duties, beautiful in the midst of his misery, capable of loving in the face of afflictions and trials, man finds his greatness, his fullest measure, only in The Kingdom of This World.

  Alejo Carpentier

  Beautiful, Sacrifice, Greatness

  Alejo Carpentier (1990). “The Kingdom of this World”, Andre Deutsch

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• The history of the Church is the rise and progress of the kingdom of heaven upon earth, for the glory of God and the salvation of the world.

  Philip Schaff

  Heaven, Progress, Church

  Philip Schaff (2013). “Church History”, p.9, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Since ... 'the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and the violent take it by force' (Mt. 11:12), and it is impossible for the faithful to enter it by any other way, unless they come through the narrow gate of trials and tribulations, the divine oracle rightly commands us, saying: 'Strive to enter by the narrow door' (Lk. 13:24). Again He says, 'By your endurance you will gain your souls' (Lk. 21:19), and, 'Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of heaven' (Acts 14:22).

  Symeon the New Theologian

  Christian, Doors, Heaven

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• The rich have no more of the kingdom of heaven than they have purchased of the poor by their alms.

  John Donne

  Heaven, Kingdoms, Rich

  John Donne (1839). “The works of John Donne. With a memoir by H. Alford”, p.196

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• The image of keys (plural) perhaps suggests not so much the porter, who controls admission to the house, as the steward, who regulates its administration (Is 22:22, in conjunction with 22:15). The issue then is not that of admission to the church (which is not what the kingdom of heaven means; see pp. 45-47) but an authority derived from a delegation of God's sovereignty.

  Craig S. Keener

  Mean, Keys, Issues

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• I've already got the Kingdom of Heaven in my heart! That's my nationality, my citizenship, my Country!-A Country that's never persecuted the poor or oppressed the weak or destroyed small peoples of the World like America has. It's a Country that's never lost a battle and never fought a war for the wrong reason.

  David Berg

  Country, War, Heart

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• I'm not a god or the God, but we're all God and we're all potentially divine - and potentially evil. We all have everything within us and the Kingdom of Heaven is nigh and within us, and if you look hard enough you'll see it.

  John Lennon

  Evil, Heaven, Looks

  "The Beatles Anthology" by The Beatles, (p. 226), 2000.

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• It would be an error to try to build the Kingdom of Heaven upon envy. For nothing that is founded on envy can thrive; it must have another root.

  Paracelsus

  Errors, Roots, Envy

  Paracelsus, Jolande Jacobi (1951). “Selected Writings”, p.170, Princeton University Press

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• Children are happy because they don't yet have a file in their minds called "All the Things That Could Go Wrong." They don't have a mind-set that puts "Things to Fear" before "Things to Love." Unless we can be like little children, we can't enter into the kingdom of heaven; unless we can be like little children, we can't be happy. Children are happy because they don't have all the facts yet.

  Marianne Williamson

  Children, Heaven, Mind

  Marianne Williamson (2013). “Illuminata: Thoughts, Prayers, Rites of Passage”, p.88, Random House

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• When a man’s heart is cold and unconcerned about religion – when his hands are never employed in doing God’s work – when his feet are not familiar with God’s ways – when his tongue is seldom or never used in prayer and praise – when his eyes are blind to the beauty of the kingdom of heaven – when his mind is full of the world, and has no room for spiritual things – when these marks are to be found in a man the word of the Bible is the right word to use about him, and that word is, ‘Dead.’

  J. C. Ryle

  Spiritual, Prayer, Heart

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Old Paths: Being Plain Statements on Some of the Weightier Matters of Christianity”, p.90, Ravenio Books

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• There is no place in the kingdom of heaven for a divided heart. It is in the division that love is lost; and to lose My love, My child, is to lose what cannot be regained. For a loving heart is a vessel of light and mercy. It is a receptacle into which I pour My grace. It is untarnished by avarice and indifferent to the call of worldly ambition.

  Frances J Roberts

  Children, Heart, Ambition

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• The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.

  John Burroughs

  Attitude, Positive Thinking, Godly

  John Burroughs (1904). “The writings of John Burroughs”

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• It's easier for a rich man to ride that camel through the eye of a needle directly into the Kingdom of Heaven, than for some of us to give up our cell phone.

  Vera Nazarian

  Giving Up, Eye, Men

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• As you know macrobiotics has helped thousands of sick people; but this is kindergarten. The purpose of macrobiotics is to become free to change all of this world into what we want - unhappiness to happiness, sickness to health, war to peace, misery to love. When you attain this freedom you become the children of the Kingdom of Heaven.

  Michio Kushi

  Children, War, Sick

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• The kingdom of heaven is like electricity. You don't see it. It is within you.

  Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

  Inspirational, Heaven, Kingdoms

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• Meditation is the straight flight of the mind to the Kingdom of Heaven present in the heart of everyone.

  Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

  Heart, Meditation, Heaven

  Mahesh Yogi (Maharishi.) (1962). “Meditation: easy system propounded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi”

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• Men sometimes speak as if humility and meekness would rob us of what is noble and bold and manlike. O that all would believe that this is the nobility of the kingdom of heaven, that this is the royal spirit that the King of heaven displayed, that this is Godlike, to humble oneself, to become the servant of all!

  Andrew Murray

  Kings, Believe, Humility

  Andrew Murray (2005). “Humility and Absolute Surrender”, p.20, Hendrickson Publishers

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• The kingdom of heaven suffers violence and the violent take it by force. Such force demands an equal response, and Jesus is going to make war on everything that hinders love, with his eyes blazing fire.

  Lou Engle

  Jesus, War, Eye

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• The yoga we practice is not for ourselves alone, but for the Divine; its aim is to work out the will of the Divine in the world, to effect a spiritual transformation and to bring down a divine nature and a divine life into the mental, vital and physical nature and life of humanity. Its object is not personal Mukti, although Mukti is a necessary condition of the yoga, but the liberation and transformation of the human being. It is not personal Ananda, but the bringing down of the divine Ananda - Christ's kingdom of heaven, our Satyayuga - upon the earth.

  Sri Aurobindo

  Spiritual, Yoga, Practice

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• Our assurance, our glory, and the sole anchor of our salvation are that Christ the Son of God is ours, and we in turn are in him sons of God and heirs of the Kingdom of Heaven, called to the hope of eternal blessedness by God's grace, not by our worth.

  John Calvin

  Son, Anchors, Heaven

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• The Kingdom of Heaven is not for the well-meaning: it is for the desperate.

  James Denney

  Heaven, Kingdoms, Desperate

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