Oh threats of Hell and Hopes of Paradise! One thing at least is certain This Life flies; One thing is certain and the rest is Lies; The Flower that once has blown forever dies

The path to paradise begins in hell.

Hell shared with a sage is better than paradise with a fool

I'd rather to be in your hell, than to be alone in a paradise.

The possibility of paradise hovers on the cusp of coming into being, so much so that it takes powerful forces to keep such a paradise at bay. If paradise now arises in hell, it's because in the suspension of the usual order and the failure of most systems, we are free to live and act another way.

The only difference between paradise and hell is the preference of the self-deciever