Virtue leads to everlasting life,
where we possess life without death, health without sickness,
riches without poverty, honor without shame,
dominion without slavery.

 
St. Catherine of Siena, 14th century

It is by forgetting self that one finds;
it is in giving that we receive;
it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

 
St. Francis of Assisi, 13th century

To enter into eternal life, we need to hear Jesus,
follow him along the way of the cross,
and carry in our hearts the hope of resurrection.

 
His Holiness, Benedict XVI

Eternal life consists in the joyous community of all the blessed,
a community of supreme delight.

 
St. Thomas Aquinas, 13th century

Temporal goods help us on our way,
but our desire must be for those eternal realities
which are our goal.

 
St. Gregory the Great, 6th century

A distinguishing mark of Christians
(is) the fact that they have a future:
it is not that they know the details of what awaits them,
but they know in general terms
that their life will not end in emptiness,
Only when the future is certain as a positive reality
does it become possible to live the present as well.

 
His Holiness, Benedict XVI

As a result of Christ's salvific work,
man exists on earth with the hope of eternal life and holiness.

 
Salvifici Dolores; Pope John Paul II, 20th century

The goal of our life is to be with God forever.
God who loves us gave us life.

 
The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, 16th century