Author: Emanuel Swedenborg

Quotes

First of all it must be known who the God of heaven is, since upon that all the other things depend.

First of all it must be known who the God of heaven is, since upon that all the other things depend.

- Emanuel Swedenborg

This Divine truth flows into heaven from the Lord from His Divine love.

This Divine truth flows into heaven from the Lord from His Divine love.

- Emanuel Swedenborg

The 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.

The 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 Swedenborg

The Divine of the Lord in heaven is love, for the reason that love is receptive of all things of heaven, such as peace, intelligence, wisdom and happiness.

The Divine of the Lord in heaven is love, for the reason that love is receptive of all things of heaven, such as peace, intelligence, wisdom and happiness.

- 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.

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 Swedenborg

Love consists in desiring to give what is our own to another and feeling his delight as our own.

Love consists in desiring to give what is our own to another and feeling his delight as our own.

- Emanuel Swedenborg

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