A man may go to heaven without health, without riches, without honors, without learning, without friends; but he can never go there without Christ.
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Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 88. Based on a quotation by William Dyer: "You may go to Heaven without health, without wealth, without honours, without pleasures, without friends, without learning; but you can never go to Heaven without Christ."