Quotes about Transcendence
The ascent from earth to heaven is not easy.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
the glory of the next world that will never wear out, while the good things of this world will vanish.
- John Bunyan
It is the glory of the next world that will never wear out, while the good things of this world will vanish.
- John Bunyan
As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go, whilst some of their sad friends do say, the breath goes now, and some say no.
- John Donne
You die and die and then you are beyond death.
- CS Lewis
When death speaks to me, it speaks only of the beauty of life.
- Marty Rubin
If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.
- CS Lewis
Our desire is not only to SEE glory, but to participate in the glory we see.
- CS Lewis
If our deepest desires cannot be satisfied in this world, then we must have been made for another world.
- CS Lewis
It is not by change of place that we can come nearer to Him who is in every place, but by the cultivation of pure desires and virtuous habits.
- St. Augustine
We are made for larger ends than Earth can encompass. Oh, let us be true to our exalted destiny.
- Catherine Booth
I love this about Christian spirituality. It cannot be explained, and yet it is beautiful and true. It is something you feel, and it comes from the soul.
- Donald Miller