Washington Irving Quotes About Heaven

Quotes about: Heaven

• An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.

  Washington Irving

  Attitude, Sea, Weather

  Washington Irving (1999). “Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories”, p.263, Penguin

• Surely happiness is reflective, like the light of heaven.

  Washington Irving

  Light, Heaven

  Washington Irving (1840). “History of New York. Sketch book. Bracebridge Hall”, p.265

• Surely happiness is reflective, like the light of heaven; and every countenance, bright with smiles, and glowing with innocent enjoyment, is a mirror transmitting to others the rays of a supreme and ever-shining benevolence.

  Washington Irving

  Happiness, Mirrors, Light

  Washington Irving (2006). “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories From the Sketch Book”, p.148, Penguin

• I sometimes think one of the great blessings we shall enjoy in heaven, will be to receive letters by every post and never be obliged to reply to them.

  Washington Irving

  Blessing, Thinking, Heaven

  Washington Irving (1862). “Works of Washington Irving”, p.319

• A few amber clouds floated in the sky without a breath of air to move them. The horizon was of a fine golden tint, changing gradually into a pure apple-green, and from that into the deep blue of the mid-heaven.

  Washington Irving

  Moving, Clouds, Air

  Washington Irving (1999). “Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories”, p.277, Penguin

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