Man knows that there is love, but he does not know what love is. — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
I have seen a thousand times that Angels are human form, or men, for I have conversed with them as man to… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
Such as the love is, such is the wisdom, consequently such is the man (n. 368) (Divine Love and Wisdom, 1763) — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
Man, before he is being regenerated, does not even know that any internal man exists, much less is he acquainted with its… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
Man is so created that as to his internal he cannot die; for he is capable of believing in God, and thus… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
For the judgment was accomplished not only upon all the men of the Christian church, but also upon all who are called… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
A man after death, is not a natural but a spiritual man; nevertheless he still appears in all respects like himself. — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
It can in no sense be said that heaven is outside of any one; it is within ... and a man, also,… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
Hell and Heaven are near man, yes, in him; and every man after death goes to that Hell or heaven in which… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
That all who have ever been born men from the beginning of creation, and are deceased, are either in heaven or in… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
In the world it is little comprehended what love is; and yet it is man's very life. That this is little comprehended… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
Men live a moral life, either from regard to the Diving Being, or from regard to the opinion of the people in… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
It is no proof of a man's understanding to be able to affirm whatever he pleases; but to be able to discern… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
The act of exploring what the men are, and moreover the separation of the good from the evil, is visitation; and the… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
What a man thinks in his spirit in the world, that he does after his departure from the world when he becomes… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
Every man is received in heaven who receives heaven in himself while in the world, and he is excluded who does not. — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
To have dominion by religion, is to have dominion over men's souls, thus over their very spiritual life, and to use the… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
Heaven is not located on high, but where the good of love is, and this resides within a person, wherever he or she might… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share
Seen in its own right, a loving person's inner spirit is an angel of heaven, and while we are living in the body we… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share
The human race is the basis on which heaven is founded, is because man was last created, and that which is last created is… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share
A person who knows all that is good and all that is true---as much as can be known---but does not resist evils, knows nothing. — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share
Goodness and love mould the form into their own image, and cause the joy and beauty of love to shine forth from every part… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share
The essence of love is that what is ours should belong to someone else. Feeling the joy of someone else as joy within ourselves-that… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share
The Divine of the Lord in heaven is love, for the reason that love is receptive of all things of heaven, such as peace,… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share
Man is so created that as to his internal he cannot die; for he is capable of believing in God, and thus of being… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share
A person's life from infancy to old age is nothing else than an advance from the world towards heaven, the last stage of which… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share
The church of the Lord is spread over all the globe, and is thus universal; and all those are in it who have lived… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share
