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Famous Emanuel Swedenborg Quotes
“Angels never attack, as infernal spirits do. Angels only ward off and defend.”
“One's distance from Heaven is in proportion to the measure of one's self-love.”
“The more one is absorbed in so-called philosophy, the greater one's delusion and blindness.”
“The inner self is as distinct from the outer self as heaven is from earth.”
“This I can declare: things that are in heaven are more real than things that are in the world.”
“People are unaware that spirits even exist, let alone that angels are present with them.”
“Destruction was effected after visitation, for visitation always precedes.”
“We all have spirits present with us who are feeling the way we are.”
“All religion relates to life, and the life of religion is to do good”
“This Divine truth flows into heaven from the Lord from His Divine love”
“Charity alone, or love and compassion, is what joins [the Lord and a person] together.”
“All union is effected by love, and love is not love without trust.”
“In a word, to grow old in heaven is to grow young.”
“Goodness shapes our will, and truth shapes our understanding.”