“I wish neither to possess nor to be possessed. I no longer covet paradise. More important, I no longer fear hell. If you ask me what I will do in heaven, I will say this: Why should I think about something so far away when there are so many things in this life I have not finished learning about?”
Bruce Lee, Striking Thoughts (Page 76)
“I never give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it’s hell.”
Harry S. Truman, via Sunbeams (Page 76)
A Young Samurai Asked A Zen Master About Heaven And Hell—Here’s What He Said…
Excerpt: The master snapped his head up in disgust and said, “Teach YOU about heaven and hell?! … You ignorant fool!” …The old man went on and on…
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James Allen Quote on The Portals To Heaven and The Kind Of Strength That Will Take You There
“To live continually in thoughts of ill will, cynicism, suspicion, and envy, is to be confined in a self-made prison hole. But to think well of all, to be cheerful with all, to patiently learn to find the good in all – such unselfish thoughts are the very portals of heaven; and to dwell day by day in thoughts of peace toward every creature will bring abounding peace to their possessor.”
James Allen, As a Man Thinketh
Beyond the Quote (190/365)
The people who put you through hell aren’t strong—they’re weak. And this isn’t an attack on their character, per se. They may be weak through no fault of their own—they might be a product of their environment. After all, if you grow up in hell how does one not carry feelings of hell with them? It is no easy feat to make your way from hell to heaven—but, that’s the point. It’s hard. It requires deliberate daily effort. It requires strength. People who are in heaven and treat others in “heavenly ways”—they are the ones who are strong.
Read More »James Allen Quote on The Portals To Heaven and The Kind Of Strength That Will Take You There“It’s not true that you go to hell or to heaven after you die. You live in hell or you live in heaven, but now. Heaven and hell only exist in the level of the mind.”
Don Miguel Ruiz, The Mastery of Love (Read Matt’s Blog on this quote)
“Hell is not part of geography, it is part of your psychology, and so is heaven. You create your hell, you create your heaven. And it is not in the future. Herenow somebody is living in heaven and somebody is living in hell – and they may be sitting together, they may be friends. Don’t be worried about hell and heaven; they are just your states. If you live in the mind, you live in hell. If you live in the no-mind, you live in heaven.” ~ Osho, The Art of Living and Dying