“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.”
Jesus (-7–30 BC) Jewish preacher and religious leader, central figure of Christianity
Mark 13:31, NWT
New Testament, The Gospel of Mark
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Gospel of Thomas (c. 50? — c. 140?)
“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.”
Jesus (-7–30 BC) Jewish preacher and religious leader, central figure of Christianity
Mark 13:31, NWT
New Testament, The Gospel of Mark
“It passes, but it does not pass away.”
László Krasznahorkai (1954) Hungarian novelist and screenwriter
Anaxagoras (-500–-428 BC) ancient Greek philosopher
Frag. B 17, quoted in John Burnet's Early Greek Philosophy, (1920), Chapter 6.
Russell Kirk (1918–1994) American political theorist and writer
Libertarians: Chirping Sectaries (1981)
“If I ask Him to receive me,
Will He say me nay?
Not till earth, and not till heaven
Pass away.”
Stephen the Hymnographer (725–802) Byzantine hymnographer and saint
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 153.
“We live, but a world has passed away
With the years that perished to make us men.”
William Dean Howells (1837–1920) author, critic and playwright from the United States
The Mulberries (1871)
“Beware of desp'rate steps! The darkest day
(Live till tomorrow) will have passed away.”
William Cowper (1731–1800) (1731–1800) English poet and hymnodist
"The Needless Alarm, Moral" (1794).
“Remember, Even This Will Pass Away.”
Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) Indian spiritual teacher
Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago