“Heaven is a Christian-free eternity.”

“You say that in heaven there is eternal beauty. The eternal beauty is here and now, not in heaven.”

Rajneesh (1931–1990) Godman and leader of the Rajneesh movement

“Since heaven's eternal year is thine.”

John Dryden (1631–1700) English poet and playwright of the XVIIth century

“Kierkegaard writes: If Christianity were so easy and cozy, why should God in his Scriptures have set Heaven and Earth in motion and threatened eternal punishments? — Question: But then in that case why is this Scriptures so unclear?”

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) Austrian-British philosopher

“There is nothing frightening about an eternal dreamless sleep. Surely it is better than eternal torment in Hell and eternal boredom in Heaven.”

Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, known for his works of science fiction …

“The time of Christians is the price with which they purchase eternity.”

Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, marquise de Lambert (1647–1733) writer from France

“We contemplate eternity
Beneath the vast indifference of heaven.”

Warren Zevon (1947–2003) American singer-songwriter

“Heaven… is the eternal kingdom Christ will inaugurate at His second coming.”

Paul P. Enns (1937) American theologian

“No more free steps to heaven.”

David Bowie (1947–2016) British musician, actor, record producer and arranger

“Behold, how free
The mountains stand, and eternally.”

Joaquin Miller (1837–1913) American judge