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Emanuel Swedenborg was a Swedish scientist, philosopher, and theologian. Born on January 29, 1688, and died on March 29, 1772. The surname 'Swedenborg' is derived from the Swedish word 'borg', meaning 'castle', hence his name can be translated as 'Manuel of the Castle'. Swedenborg made significant contributions to science, particularly in the fields of chemistry, mineralogy, and electricity. His ideas had a profound impact on later science and philosophy.

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Famous Emanuel Swedenborg Quotes

“So far any one shuns evils, so far as he does good.”

Doe Evil

Author:Emanuel Swedenborg

“What a man thinks in his spirit in the world, that he does after his departure from the world when he becomes a spirit.”

Thinking Men World Doe Spirit Departure

Author:Emanuel Swedenborg

“Men live a moral life, either from regard to the Diving Being, or from regard to the opinion of the people in the world; and when a moral life is practised out of regard to the Divine Being, it is a spiritual life. Both appear alike in their outward form; but in their inward, they are completely different. The one saves a man, but the other does not; for he that leads a moral life out of regard to the Divine Being is led by him, but he who does so from regard to the opinion of people in the world is led by himself.”

People Men World Doe Different Spiritual Form Life Is Night Moral Opinion Divine Regard Spiritual Life Inward Good Night Diving Moral Life

Author:Emanuel Swedenborg

“Every one may know that to will and not to do, when there is opportunity, is in reality not to will; and that to love what is good and not to do it, when it is possible, is in reality not to love it. Will, which stops short of action, and love, which does not do the good that is loved, is a mere thought separate from will and love, which vanishes and comes to nothing.”

Knows May Doe Reality Action Opportunity And Love Mere Deeds

Author:Emanuel Swedenborg

“Worship does not consist in prayers and in external devotion, but in a life of kindness.”

Doe Prayer Kindness Worship Devotion

Author:Emanuel Swedenborg

“Man knows that there is love, but he does not know what love is.”

Knows Men Doe Love Is

Book:Angelic Wisdom Concerning the Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom

Source: Angelic Wisdom Concerning the Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom

“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.”

Mean Doe Evil Poor Neighbor Villain Assistance Supplies Needy

Author:Emanuel Swedenborg

“Charity means love towards the neighbor and compassion, for anyone who loves his neighbor as himself also has as much compassion for him in his suffering as he does for himself in his own.”

Love Mean Doe Suffering Compassion Charity Neighbor Mean Love

Author:Emanuel Swedenborg

“Man, before he is being regenerated, does not even know that any internal man exists, much less is he acquainted with its nature and quality.”

Knows Men Doe Quality Internals

Book:Arcana Cœlestia: The Heavenly Arcana Contained in the Holy Scriptures Or Word of the Lord Unfolded Beginning with the Book of Genesis Together with Wonderful Things Seen in the World of Spirits and in the Heaven of Angels

Source: Arcana Cœlestia: The Heavenly Arcana Contained in the Holy Scriptures Or Word of the Lord Unfolded Beginning with the Book of Genesis Together with Wonderful Things Seen in the World of Spirits and in the Heaven of Angels

“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.”

Doe Justice Design Divine Following Fallen

Book:True Christianity, Containing a Comprehensive Theology of the New Church that was Predicted by the Lord in Daniel 7:13-14 and Revelation 21:1, 2: sections 1-462

Source: True Christianity, Containing a Comprehensive Theology of the New Church that was Predicted by the Lord in Daniel 7:13-14 and Revelation 21:1, 2: sections 1-462

“A man who knows all goods and all truths, as many as can be known, but does not shun evils, knows nothing.”

Knows Persons Doe Evil Known

Author:Emanuel Swedenborg

“Every man is received in heaven who receives heaven in himself while in the world, and he is excluded who does not.”

Men World Doe Heaven Every Man Excluded

Author:Emanuel Swedenborg