Plato

We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.

Greek Philosopher

Paulo Coelho

I'm not saying that love always takes you to heaven. Your life can become a nightmare. But that said, it is worth taking the risk.

Brazilian Novelist

Rick Warren

God gave us the gift of life in heaven. Many people are given this gift, but they never open it. They never do anything with it.

American Writer

Jill Biden

So many people in my life need prayers, and I feel like I owe that to them. After all, in heaven, we feed each other.

American Educator

Benjamin Disraeli

The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.

British Statesman

John Woo

I have found my heaven in musicals. When I watch a musical, it makes me believe life is still beautiful.

Chinese Director

C. S. Lewis

I think that all things, in their way, reflect heavenly truth, the imagination not least.

British Writer

Isaac of Nineveh

Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.

Saint

Paul Prudhomme

When I am done with this meal you can have my life. It is heaven.

American Chef

Sydney Smith

Heaven never helps the men who will not act.

English Clergyman

Used in religions to describe the realm of divine existence, often contrasted with 'hell'.

Religious context

'Heaven' can symbolize perfection or pure joy, not only a literal place.

Metaphorical usage

Represents an ideal state of joy or contentment, often in ordinary life.

Perfect happiness

Suggests an experience or moment that feels blissfully perfect.

Expression of delight

Referencing anything related to the sky, stars, or outer space, often in poetry.

Cosmic canopy

Poetically describes vastness, openness, or an unfathomable realm above.

Figurative sky

Used to represent certainty or hope regarding life after death.

Afterlife assurance

Implies a non-physical presence with the divine, beyond human life.

Spiritual existence

Represents the highest, most successful, or celebrated point in an experience or career.

Ultimate achievement

Exaggerates to emphasize a point, especially about striving for a lofty goal.

Hyperbolic reach

 a few years ago, although heaven forbid that we should stoop to public outing of people against their will. In most cases, people who out themselves will help to destroy the myth that there is something wrong with atheists. On the contrary, they'll demonstrate that atheists are often the kinds of people

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 and then taught them about his heavenly father -- affectionate, forgiving, and attentive. Then, he would invite everyone to a common table to illustrate his Kingdom of God, outcasts, sinners, and saints all eating together. He had only three years before his unconventional wisdom

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 left office he said he cautioned against political parties that were at war with their own government so we have to again in our own country respect the vision of our founders which was so remarkable and thank heavens they made our sacred documents amendable so there could be

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 in the world so going rock climbing looking for snakes is kind of my idea of heaven but there is a very real reason for this you look along the water line here you'll see the rock face is pop marked with tiny holes and that's where i think we're gonna find

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 This is the universe as astrophysicists see it, with more stars than all the grains of sand on Earth. By staring up at the stars at night, you've taken part in the oldest science in human history. The study of the heavens is older than

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 eclipse you can sense this distance in the sky this kind of event puts you in touch with the cosmos you can feel the motions of the heavenly bodies you can feel how vast our solar system is it has to be one of the coolest things I've

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 Take, for example, the legal field. Most legal systems today in the world are based on a belief in human rights. But what are human rights? Human rights, just like God and heaven, are just a story that we've invented.

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 most of us have ancestors that have come here trying to find heaven. All sorts of things. So there is a connection from the world coming here and then… Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, y’know and that’s what kiwis are, Yeah.

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 he said, there's every activity under heaven. There's a time to be born, and there's a time to die. I've stood at the deathbed of several famous people, whom you would know. I've talked to them.

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 That paradise, that heaven, lies at the top of the central tower. So they believed that Suryavarman II's spirit would inhabit these towers in the afterlife. Exactly.