This Divine truth flows into heaven from the Lord from His Divine love — 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
Man knows that there is love, but he does not know what love is. — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
In heaven there are two distinct loves, love to the Lord and love towards the neighbor, in the inmost or third heaven… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
God loves every one of us but cannot directly benefit us; he can benefit us only indirectly through each other. For this… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
Love consists in desiring to give what is our own to another and feeling his delight as our own. — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
Charity alone, or love and compassion, is what joins [the Lord and a person] together. — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
“It is important to note, however, that these two loves can be more prevalent among commoners than among the great; more prevalent… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
All religion relates to life, and the life of religion is to do good — 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
To will and not to do when there is opportunity is in reality not to will; and to love what is good… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
Angelic happiness is in service, from service, and according to service. — 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 Image
All union is effected by love, and love is not love without trust. — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
