84 Quotes About Heavens

God has chosen to make the heavens his jurisdiction while at the same time he himself makes it very clear that the earth has been given to man as man’s sphere of influence.

Not enough youths fighting windmills. And the old are fearful, jaded or dead. Do not ask me what to do. I am just as cowardly as you. And do not tell me it is enough to speak the truth; that it is bravery enough. Every mountain leveled to the ground, every forest burned, every man, woman, and child who lost their shanties to arsonist fires were defended to the heavens—with words.

All of us are pilgrims on this earth. I have even heard it said that the earth itself is a pilgrim in the heavens.

What is it about the Heavens that draws us to look up? For generations, centuries, (millennia?) it seems we are drawn to look up for answers, comfort in times of despair, with pleas for help, when we are in need of grace, and to give thanks.

The mechanism of the heavens was clearer, the mechanism of their courts was still murky.[Scene fourteen. English version by Charles Laughton.]

The movements of the stars have become clearer; but to the mass of the people the movements of their masters are still incalculable.[Scene fourteen. Translation by Desmond Vesey, 1960. ‘The present version is a translation of the complete text of the latest German edition, not a stage adaptation.’]

If you are poor and go without food and clothes, don't hope for wealth in paradise, you are already forsaken

If we believe that god is the creator of evil, maybe there is evil also in heaven, if that is the case, we are not out of the woods yet

We all want to become more than we are, we want to live forever, that is why we hate death and create the afterlife.