897 – First Stanza of William Blake’s “Auguries of Innocence.”

To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.

-William Blake

802 – “Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave it with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.”

–C S Lewis [See Link for Better Context]

681 – “I don’t like to commit myself about heaven and hell – you see, I have friends in both places.”

–anonymous [See Source Notes]

186 – “When he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun.”

–Juliet Capulet in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

42 – “All religions must be tolerated… for every man must get to heaven in his own way.”

– Epictetus [Dubious Attribution]