.. something wholly new in religious thought. All other heavens have been gardens, dreamlands: passivities, more or less aimless. Even to the majority among ourselves, heaven is a siesta and not a city. The heaven of Christianity is different from all other heavens, because the religion of Christianity is different from all other religions. Christianity is the religion of cities. It moves among real things. Its sphere is the street, the market-place, the working life of the world.. Try to restore the natural force of the expression - suppose John to have lived today and to have said 'I saw a new London. Henry Drummond
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  1. You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth. - William W. Purkey

  2. Do people look the same when they go to heaven, mommy?"" I don't know. I don't think so."" Then how do people recognize each other?"" I don't know, sweetie. They just feel it. You don't need your eyes to love, right? - R.J. Palacio

  3. I think Heaven will be like a first kiss. - Sarah Addison Allen

  4. Earth's crammed with heaven... But only he who sees, takes off his shoes. - Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  5. Maybe there is no Heaven. Or maybe this is all pure gibberish–a product of the demented imagination of a lazy drunken hillbilly with a heart full of hate who has found a way to live out where the real winds blow–to sleep late, have fun,... - Hunter S. Thompson

More Quotes By Henry Drummond
  1. He lives who dies to win a lasting name.

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  3. To love abundantly is to live abundantly, and to love forever is to live forever.

  4. Happiness ... consists in giving and in serving others.

  5. There is no happiness in having or in getting but only in giving.

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