Emanuel Swedenborg
To have dominion by religion, is to have dominion over men's souls, thus over their very spiritual life, and to use the Divine things, which are in their religion, as the means.
Emanuel SwedenborgFirst of all it must be known who the God of heaven is, since upon that all the other things depend.
Emanuel SwedenborgTrue wisdom is seeing what is beneficial to your eternal life, and managing your life according to that. You do this when you not only know these things and grasp them with your understanding, but also will and do them.
Emanuel SwedenborgConscience is God's presence in man.
Emanuel SwedenborgThere are angels that receive more interiorly the Divine that goes forth from the Lord, and others that receive it less interiorly; the former are called celestial angels, and the latter spiritual angels.
Emanuel SwedenborgLove is the life of humanity.
Emanuel SwedenborgFor the judgment was accomplished not only upon all the men of the Christian church, but also upon all who are called Mohammedans, and, moreover, upon all the Gentiles in the whole world.
Emanuel SwedenborgThe act of exploring what the men are, and moreover the separation of the good from the evil, is visitation; and the good are then removed, and the evil are left behind.
Emanuel SwedenborgMoreover, no one is judged from the natural man, thus not so long as he lives in the natural world, for man is then in a natural body; but everyone is judged in the spiritual man, and therefore when he comes into the spiritual world, for man is then in a spiritual body.
Emanuel SwedenborgThe angels taken collectively are called heaven, for they constitute heaven; and yet that which makes heaven in general and in particular is the Divine that goes forth from the Lord and flows into the angels and is received by them.
Emanuel SwedenborgThe quality of the Lord's church on earth, cannot be seen by any man, so long as he lives in the world, still less how the church in process of time has turned aside from good to evil.
Emanuel SwedenborgTrue charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense.
Emanuel SwedenborgThe human race is the seminary of heaven, will appear from a subsequent article, in which it will be shown, that Heaven and Hell are from the human race, and that therefore the human race is the seminary of heaven.
Emanuel SwedenborgIn the spiritual body moreover, man appears such as he is with respect to love and faith, for everyone in the spiritual world is the effigy of his own love, not only as to the face and the body, but also as to the speech and the actions.
Emanuel SwedenborgI have often talked with angels on this subject, and they have invariably declared that in heaven they are unable to divide the Divine into three, because they know and perceive that the Divine is One and this One is in the Lord.
Emanuel SwedenborgYou are not made happy by the true things you believe from your faith, but by the goodness which comes from your faith.
Emanuel SwedenborgHeaven is such that all who have lived well, of whatever religion, have a place there.
Emanuel SwedenborgMan was so created by the Lord as to be able while living in the body to speak with spirits and angels, as in fact was done in the most ancient times; for, being a spirit clothed with a body, he is one with them.
Emanuel SwedenborgPeace has in it trust in the Lord, that He governs all things, provides all things, and leads to a good end.
Emanuel SwedenborgReal joy, which comes from loving to do good things without wanting to be repaid, is the reward that lasts forever.
Emanuel SwedenborgThe activity of love and faith is what makes heaven.
Emanuel SwedenborgIn the Christian world... it is believed that angels were created at the beginning, and that heaven was formed of them; and that the Devil or Satan was an angel of light, who, becoming rebellions, was cast down with his crew, and that this was the origin of hell.
Emanuel SwedenborgAngels from their wisdom go still further. They say that not only every thing good and true is from the Lord, but every thing of life as well.
Emanuel SwedenborgDestruction was effected after visitation, for visitation always precedes.
Emanuel Swedenborg
