Charity alone, or love and compassion, is what joins [the Lord and a person] together. Emanuel Swedenborg More Quotes by Emanuel Swedenborg More Quotes From Emanuel Swedenborg A life of kindness is the primary meaning of divine worship. Emanuel Swedenborg divine worship kindness Anyone can see that intending and not acting when we can is not really intending, and loving and not doing good when we can is not really loving. Emanuel Swedenborg doing-good acting True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense. Emanuel Swedenborg philanthropy-giving charity desire Justice is following the divine design in all that one does, and bringing back into the divine design things that have fallen away from that design. Justice is the divine design itself. Emanuel Swedenborg design doe justice Hell and Heaven are near man, yes, in him; and every man after death goes to that Hell or heaven in which he was, or to his spirit, during his abode in the world. Emanuel Swedenborg men heaven death Goodness shapes our will, and truth shapes our understanding. Emanuel Swedenborg shapes understanding goodness Man knows that there is love, but he does not know what love is. Emanuel Swedenborg doe love-is men All religion relates to life, and the life of religion is to do good Emanuel Swedenborg relate True 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 Swedenborg beneficial understanding life Heaven is such that all who have lived well, of whatever religion, have a place there. Emanuel Swedenborg wells heaven Goodness and love mould the form into their own image, and cause the joy and beauty of love to shine forth from every part of the face. Emanuel Swedenborg and-love shining joy Faith is knowing and thinking those truths: charity is willing and doing them. Emanuel Swedenborg charity knowing thinking Two consorts in heaven are not two, but one angel. Emanuel Swedenborg angel heaven two The life of any one can by no means be changed after death; an evil life can in no wise be converted into a good life, or an infernal into an angelic life: because every spirit, from head to foot, is of the character of his love, and therefore, of his life; and to convert this life into its opposite, would be to destroy the spirit utterly. Emanuel Swedenborg good-life change wise Man 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 Swedenborg angel done men One can see how great the delight of heaven must be from the fact that it is the delight of everyone in heaven to share his delights and blessings with others; and as such is the character of all that are in the heavens it is clear how immeasurable is the delight of heaven. Emanuel Swedenborg blessing joy heaven Love consists in desiring to give what is our own to another and feeling his delight as our own. Emanuel Swedenborg valentines-day love giving The nature of heaven is to provide a place there for all who lead good lives, no matter what their religion may be. Emanuel Swedenborg good-life may heaven No one's character is completely like another'sthis infinite variety is like a mirror in which we can see the infinity of God the Creator. Emanuel Swedenborg infinity mirrors character He who assists a poor or needy villain does evil to his neighbor...for through the assistance which he renders he...supplies him with the means of doing evil to others. Emanuel Swedenborg evil doe mean
