“There is nothing frightening about an eternal dreamless sleep. Surely it is better than eternal torment in Hell and eternal boredom in Heaven.”
“Lukewarm people think about life on earth much more often than eternity in heaven.”
“Time is the mercy of Eternity; without Time's swiftness/ Which is the swiftest of all things: all were eternal torment.”
“Mephistopheles: Why, this is hell, nor am I out of it.Think'st thou that I, who saw the face of GodAnd tasted the eternal joys of heaven,Am not tormented with ten thousand hellsIn being deprived of everlasting bliss?”
“Even a minute of dying is better than an eternity of nothingness. ”
“Nothing truly real is forgotten eternally, because everything real comes from eternity and goes to eternity.”