I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels.

Like Confucius of old, I am so absorbed in the wonder of the earth and the life upon it, that I cannot think of heaven and the angels.

We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country.

The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is only bravado, that his strength is only a uniform, that his power is but a gun in the hands of a fool.

Thine eyes are springs in whose serene And silent waters heaven is seen. Their lashes are the herbs that look On their young figures in the brook.

The little windflower, whose just opened eye is blue as the spring heaven it gazes at.

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp. Or what's a heaven for?

On the earth the broken arcs; in the heaven a perfect round.

Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes.

No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not willing to be in peril for a good cause.

Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.

I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal.

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

But I have fun with the fright, work with it. You have to - that's your timing, that beat of excitement. And when I go on stage, it's just like taking a step into heaven. Poof, you know? Poof - and there I am.

Let peace, descending from her native heaven, bid her olives spring amidst the joyful nations; and plenty, in league with commerce, scatter blessings from her copious hand!