"You can frighten, guilt, and threaten people out of Hell," he said, "but you cannot guilt or frighten them into Heaven. One cannot work or worry oneself to Heaven (not to say that idleness or lack of responsibility will get you there, either). People are loved into Heaven. Of course, some are loved and still do not choose Heaven - Heaven would not be Heaven if you could force people there. But as people are shown and feel the Love of God (most often through those that love like He does), they realize that nothing else in the world can compare with it. And if they allow it to take root and nourish and follow it; and keep their eyes on it; and return to it despite all hazards, temptations, and distractions - they will find Heaven."
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