Barbara Walters Quotes

Men long for an afterlife in which there apparently is nothing to do but delight in heaven's wonders.

The blessed in the kingdom of heaven will see the punishments of the damned, in order that their bliss be more delightful for them.

To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here.

Were the happiness of the next world is as closely apprehended as the felicities of this, it were a martyrdom to live.

A thousand lives are not equal to the eternal life which abides in Jehovah's smile

If you are not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there.

Why is everybody afraid of going to Heaven? You want to be here with the smog and the sin and bad people and the war? Or do you want to be in Heaven, sitting next to Jesus, you know?

God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.

I'll have long, straight hair, like down to my back, when I go to Heaven. And I'm not even going to work out, but I'll be in shape. It's a whole new program up there.

Heaven must be an awfully dull place if the poor in spirit live there.

The pinnacle of the fulfillment I can ever experience for my spirit and soul is to hear from the Lord, when I see Him face to face, 'Well done my good and faithful servant.'

Full surely there is a blessedness beyond the grave for those who have already entered on it here, and in no other form than that wherein they know it here, at any moment.

From heav'nly thoughts all true delight doth spring.

This world is very dark, but in Heaven there is no darkness.

You don’t want no pie in the sky when you die.

The reward in heaven is the perpetual bait, a bait that has caught man in an iron net, a strait-jacket which does not let him expand or grow.

The purest joy for the human spirit and the sheerest delight for man's heart are the rapture of the spirit contained within the love of God.

I think people need reassurance that there is an afterlife. That's perfectly understandable.

The only thing better than winning a gold medal is going to Heaven.

Beyond the grave they will find nothing but death. But we shall keep the secret, and for their happiness we shall allure them with the reward of heaven and eternity.

You've got a lot to look forward to in Heaven. Compared to what's in store for you in Heaven, your current pain and problems are petty.

We shall then have joy without sorrow, and rest without weariness...Be of good cheer, Christian, the time is near, when God and thou shalt be near, and as near as thou canst well desire. Thou shalt dwell in his family.

Trust in God, that's where the crown is at. It's not in what you get, it's what happens after that.

It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.

Who will reach heaven? I do not know, but I am certain that no one will be there who does not feel at home.