Pastoral Resources

Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.

In the kingdom of heaven it is His work that will be crowned, not yours. Anything in you that He has not wrought Himself will count for nothing.

Marriage is the mother of the world. It preserves kingdoms, and fills cities and churches, and heaven itself.

The big gay clubs like Heaven started having mixed nights in the late '80s.

Men at most differ as Heaven and Earth, but women, worst and best, as Heaven and Hell.

Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.

Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.

Look for me in the nurseries of Heaven.

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.

When reflecting upon it today, that the Pearl Harbor attack should have succeeded in achieving surprise seems a blessing from Heaven. It was clear that a great American fleet had been concentrated in Pearl Harbor, and we supposed that the state of alert would be very high.

Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.

I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything. The sun came up like gold through the trees, and I felt like I was in heaven.

This is what I want in heaven... words to become notes and conversations to be symphonies.

We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.

Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.

I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell - you see, I have friends in both places.

The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven.

Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.

The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.