“What we should be after death, we have to attain in life, i. e. holiness and bliss. Here on earth the Kingdom of God begins.”
Paracelsus - Doctor of our Time (1992)
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“The love we do not show here on Earth is the only thing that hurts us in the after-life.”
Steven Spielberg (1946) American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur
N.T. Wright (1948) Anglican bishop
Source: Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church
Julian of Norwich (1342–1416) English theologian and anchoress
The Fifteenth Revelation, Chapter 65
Context: Thus I understood that what man or woman with firm will chooseth God in this life, for love, he may be sure that he is loved without end: which endless love worketh in him that grace. For He willeth that we be as assured in hope of the bliss of heaven while we are here, as we shall be in sureness while we are there. And ever the more pleasance and joy that we take in this sureness, with reverence and meekness, the better pleaseth Him, as it was shewed. This reverence that I mean is a holy courteous dread of our Lord, to which meekness is united: and that is, that a creature seeth the Lord marvellous great, and itself marvellous little.
“Hey oh, here I am… and here we go life's waiting to begin”
Tom DeLonge (1975) American rock musician
da We Don't Need to Whisper)
“In God's eyes all children are beautiful but here on earth we have higher standards.”
Stephen Colbert (1964) American political satirist, writer, comedian, television host, and actor
“Why, after all, should we expect God to punish the innocent with more life?”
Graham Greene book The Power and the Glory
The Power and the Glory (1940)
Dorothy Day (1897–1980) Social activist
On Pilgrimage (1948)
Context: We are not expecting Utopia here on this earth. But God meant things to be much easier than we have made them. A man has a natural right to food, clothing, and shelter. A certain amount of goods is necessary to lead a good life. A family needs work as well as bread. Property is proper to man. We must keep repeating these things. Eternal life begins now. "All the way to heaven is heaven, because He said, "I am the Way." The cross is there, of course, but "in the cross is joy of spirit." And love makes all things easy.