We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.Plato
There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves.Robert Quillen
We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes.Amos Bronson Alcott
Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven.John Lubbock
He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.George Herbert
Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.Walter Savage Landor