Quotes about Eternity

The passage of time is always relative to that which does not pass, to the timeless.

Infinite players cannot say when their game began, nor do they care.

Infinite players cannot say how much they have completed in their work or love or quarreling, but only that much remains incomplete in it. They are not concerned to determine when it is over, but only what comes of it.

If you want it your own way, God will let you have it. Hell is the enjoyment of your own way forever.

what does old Donne say? "God knows in what part of the world every grain of every man's dust lies

But He, unshaken, with exultant voice cried, It is finished! and gave up the ghost. Finished--when men had thought it scarce begun.

It is at this point we begin to understand what St. Hilary means in saying of the Trinity: "Eternity is in the Father, form in the Image and use in the Gift.

Christianity is concerned with the unfolding of the Kingdom of God in this world, not the longevity of organizations.

When you are living by faith through the darkness of circumstances, other people become aware of the radiance and sweetness of your life, and they are truly blessed. When you refuse to admit your failure, God cannot be revealed through you to others, and they may be lost for eternity. Oh, the sin of unbelief has desperate consequences, not only for yourself, but for others!

In the United States of America there are twenty-seven million people under twenty-one years of age who receive no Christian training at all. Juvenile crime in the big cities is tremendous—sometimes it seems absolutely out of control. Every week one million people are dying without Jesus. In one minute, eighty-five people pass into eternity. In just the brief span of a church service hundreds are passing out into the presence of God. Does that mean anything to you?

The older I get, the more important the eternal becomes to me personally.

Seeing life from an eternal perspective helps us focus our limited mortal energies on the things that matter most.