Top 25 Eternity Quotes of 459 - Page 2

We may not understand His Will for us in time, but in eternity the veil will be drawn and we shall see that He acted only for our happiness.

We may not understand His Will for us in time, but in eternity the veil will be drawn and we shall see that He acted only for our happiness.

Rose Philippine Duchesne

Veils, May, Eternity

To Zen, time and eternity are one.

D.T. Suzuki

Eternity

The heart does not derive pure pleasure from what is impermanent.

Said Nursi

Heart, Doe, Eternity

We have been born once and there can be no second birth. Fir all eternity we shall no longer be. But you, although you are not master of tomorrow, are postponing your happiness.

Epicurus

Tomorrow, Birth, Eternity

Epicurus (1964). “Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill”

We are living at a time when creeds and ideologies vary and clash. But the gospel of human sympathy is universal and eternal.

Samuel Hopkins Adams

Life, Sympathy, Eternity

Calendars and clocks exist to measure time, but that signifies little because we all know that an hour can seem as eternity or pass in a flash, according to how we spend it.

Michael Ende

Calendars, Littles, Eternity

What God does in time, He planned from eternity. And all that He planned in eternity He carries out in time.

J. I. Packer

Doe, Eternity, Carrie

J. I. Packer, Carolyn Nystrom (2009). “Knowing God Devotional Journal: A One-Year Guide”, p.80, InterVarsity Press

Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to prepare oneself for eternity!

Paul Gauguin

Life, Littles, Eternity

Paul Gauguin (1921). “Gauguin's Intimate Journals”, p.16, Courier Corporation

A human life is a schooling for eternity.

Gottfried Keller

Life, Inspire, Eternity

The family is the most important unit in time and in eternity and, as such, transcends every other interest in life.

Howard W. Hunter

Important, Interest In Life, Eternity

Everything that is not eternal is worthless in eternity.

C. S. Lewis

Eternity, Eternal, Worthless

I had spent my time counterfeiting eternity.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Eternity, My Time

Jean-Paul Sartre (1969). “The Wall (Intimacy) and Other Stories”, p.11, New Directions Publishing

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.

Herodotus

Time, History, Eternity

What are you going to do when you get to eternity, if you can't stick in an hour with God down here?

Leonard Ravenhill

Sticks, Eternity, Hours

A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.

Joseph Addison

Liberty, Virtue, Eternity

Joseph Addison (1858). “Works, including the whole contents of Bp. Hurd's edition: withletters and other pieces not found in any previous collection; and Macaulay's essay on his life and works”, p.411

find your eternity in each moment

Henry David Thoreau

Carpe Diem, Islands, Eternity Of Life

Henry David Thoreau, Jeffrey S. Cramer (2007). “I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau”, p.395, Yale University Press