#paradise

The Expulsion from Paradise is eternal in its principal aspect: this makes it irrevocable, and our living in this world inevitable, but the eternal nature of the process has the effect that not only could we remain forever in Paradise, but that we are currently there, whether we know it or not. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#existentialism #forever #heaven #paradise #present

In monasteries, seminaries, retreats and synagogues, they fear hell and seek paradise. Those who know the mysteries of God never let that seed be planted in their souls. ↗

— Omar Khayyám

#hell #paradise #religion #soul #religion

Pandora's Box could not be unopened, no one could return to Eden. ↗

— Selena Kitt

#destiny #disillusionment #doom #doomed #eden

[Über das Paradies:] Die fünf Bücher Mose, die Genesis und der Koran beschäftigen sich eingehend mit dieser hysterischen Geographie. Die muslimische Variante ist jedoch am gelungensten und lohnt wirklich die Lektüre: Bäche, Gärten, Flüsse, Quellen, Blumenbeete, jede Menge Früchte und wunderbare Getränke, großäugige Houris, allzeit jungfräulich, liebenswürdige junge Menschen, Betten im Überfluß, prächtige Kleider, wunderbare Stoffe, außergewöhnlicher Schmuck, Gold, Perlen, Parfums, kostbares Geschirr ... es fehlt nichts in diesem Werbeprospekt des ontologischen Fremdenverkehrsamtes. ↗

— Michel Onfray

#paradise #religion #religion

إن مريد الآخرة يعمل لها ، ولا يبالي على أي حال كان الناس ↗

— ابراهيم الربيش

#paradise #religion #religion

Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better. ↗

— Laurie Anderson

#exactly #like #much #now #only

He who aspires to paradise should learn to deal with people with kindness. ↗

— Abu Bakr

#deal #kindness #learn #paradise #people

He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him. ↗

— Abu Bakr

#find #him #indulges #paradise #paths

Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#cannot #cardinal #driven #impatience #only

He who builds a masjid in the way of Allah, God will build a house for him in the paradise. ↗

— Abu Bakr

#build #builds #god #him #house