Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

Our hope in life beyond death is a hope made possible, not by some general sentimental belief in life after death, but by our participation in the life of Christ.

The destination is a happy life, an accomplished life that doesn't end with death but with eternal life.

We were born to die and we die to live. As seedlings of God, we barely blossom on earth; we fully flower in heaven.

Christianity has made of death a terror which was unknown to the gay calmness of the Pagan.

If the Resurrection is resurrection from the dead, all hope and freedom are in spite of death.

According to the Burman system, there is no escape. According to the Christian system, there is. Jesus Christ has died in the place of sinners, has borne their sins; and now those who believe on Him, and become His disciples, are released from the punishment they deserve. At death, they are received into Heaven and are happy forever.

Life is here only to be lived so that we can, through life, earn the right to death, which to me is paradise. Whatever it is that will bring me the reward of paradise, I'll do the best I can.

When you are raised Catholic, there is one thing that you are confronted with at a young age, and that's death. You're confronted with all the big issues - and that sparks deep questions, like what the hell are we doing here, anyway?

There are but two places where all go after death, white and black, rich and poor; those places are Heaven and Hell. Heaven is a place made for those, who are born again, and who love God, and it is a place where they will be happy for ever.

Death is frightening, and so is Eternal Life.

I can't help but tell people of the greatest story ever told - God's love and our eternal life.

Every life is a march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.

One of the joys of being a Christian or being a person of faith is that you believe deep down that death isn't the worst thing, you know. Not living your life: that's the worst thing. And death is not, it's not all it's cracked up to be. It's not, it's not the end of the world.

Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly.

But the issue is not only life and death but our existence before God and our being judged by him. All of us were sinners before him and worthy of condemnation.

The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.

You know what, my faith is like this - when I die, I'm going to live with God forever and ever. But I believe He wants us to have a good life here on Earth.

You're born. You suffer. You die. Fortunately, there's a loophole.

We have no reliable guarantee that the afterlife will be any less exasperating than this one, have we?

If we can understand that death is not the end but is really a transition into the next life, the great part of life, that frees us up into receiving God's courage and his help.

They which have no hope of a life to come, may extend their griefs for the loss of this, and equal the days of their mourning with the years of the life of man.

You cannot make a sinner into a saint by killing him. He who does not live as a saint here will never live as a saint hereafter.

Death wasn't part of God's original plan for humanity, and the Bible calls death an enemy - the last enemy to be destroyed.

Death is a door. When we close our eyes in this life, we will open our eyes to Jesus.

The only religious way to think of death is as part and parcel of life.