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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

“Marriages on earth--because they are the seminaries of the human race and of the angels of heaven also; because, likewise, they proceed from a spiritual origin, that is, from the marriage of good and truth; and since, in addition, the Lord's divine proceeding principally flows into conjugal love--are most holy in the estimation of the angels.”

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Author:Emanuel Swedenborg

“Two consorts in heaven are not two, but one angel.”

Two Heaven Angel Matrimony

Book:Heaven and Hell: Also the World of Spirits Or Intermediate State from Things Heard and Seen by Emanuel Swedenborg

Source: Heaven and Hell: Also the World of Spirits Or Intermediate State from Things Heard and Seen by Emanuel Swedenborg

“If we would accept heaven's life, we need by all means to live in the world and to participate in its duties and affairs. In this way, we accept a spiritual life by means of our moral and civic life; and there is no other way a spiritual life can be formed within us, no other way our spirits can be prepared for heaven. This is because living an inner life and not an outer life at the same time is like living in a house that has no foundation, that gradually either settles or develops gaping cracks or totters until it collapses.”

Ifs World Way Needs Mean Spiritual Spirit House Heaven Accepting Moral Duty Foundation Prepared Affair Settling Cracks Spiritual Life Collapse Be Prepared Civics Inner Life

Book:Heaven and hell

Source: Heaven and hell

“The activity of love and faith is what makes heaven.”

Love Heaven Activity Faith And Love

Book:Heaven and hell

Source: Heaven and hell

“Heaven is such that all who have lived well, of whatever religion, have a place there.”

Wells Heaven

Author:Emanuel Swedenborg

“All our longings for what is loving and true reach out into heaven. They put us in touch with angels who are feeling the same way and unite us with them.”

Way Feelings Heaven Angel Longing Reach Out

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“That all who have ever been born men from the beginning of creation, and are deceased, are either in heaven or in hell, follows from those things which have been said and shown in the preceding article, namely, that Heaven and Hell are from the human race.”

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Book:Last Judgment: Are We Living in the End of Days?

Source: Last Judgment: Are We Living in the End of Days?

“In the Christian world... it is believed that angels were created at the beginning, and that heaven was formed of them; and that the Devil or Satan was an angel of light, who, becoming rebellions, was cast down with his crew, and that this was the origin of hell.”

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Book:Last Judgment: Are We Living in the End of Days?

Source: Last Judgment: Are We Living in the End of Days?

“The angels taken collectively are called heaven, for they constitute heaven; and yet that which makes heaven in general and in particular is the Divine that goes forth from the Lord and flows into the angels and is received by them.”

Heaven Lord Taken Divine Particular Angel Flow

Book:Heaven and hell

Source: Heaven and hell

“It can in no sense be said that heaven is outside of any one; it is within ... and a man, also, so far as he receives heaven, is a recipient, a heaven, and an angel.”

Men Said Heaven Angel Angels On Earth

Author:Emanuel Swedenborg

“And as the divine that goes forth from the Lord is the good of love and the truth of faith, the angels are angels and are heaven in the measure in which they receive good and truth from the Lord.”

Faith Heaven Lord Divine Angel

Book:Heaven and hell

Source: Heaven and hell

“For the spiritual sense of the Word treats everywhere of the spiritual world, that is, of the state of the church in the heavens, as well as in the earth; hence the Word is spiritual and Divine.”

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Book:My Essential Doctrines (Annotated Edition)

Source: My Essential Doctrines (Annotated Edition)

“One's distance from Heaven is in proportion to the measure of one's self-love.”

Self Spiritual Heaven Self Love Distance Proportion

Book:The Gist of Swedenborg

Source: The Gist of Swedenborg

“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.”

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Author:Emanuel Swedenborg

“The inner self is as distinct from the outer self as heaven is from earth.”

Self Earth Heaven Inner Self

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“This I can declare: things that are in heaven are more real than things that are in the world.”

World I Can Real Heaven

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“The nature of heaven is to provide a place there for all who lead good lives, no matter what their religion may be.”

May Matter Heaven No Matter What Good Life

Book:Divine Providence

Source: Divine Providence

“First of all it must be known who the God of heaven is, since upon that all the other things depend.”

Firsts Heaven Known Depends

Book:Heaven and Hell (Annotated Edition)

Source: Heaven and Hell (Annotated Edition)

“In heaven there are two distinct loves, love to the Lord and love towards the neighbor, in the inmost or third heaven love to the Lord, in the second or middle heaven love towards the neighbor.”

Two Heaven Lord Middle And Love Thirds Neighbor

Book:The Teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg: Vol I: Heaven and Hell; Divine Love and Wisdom; Divine Providence

Source: The Teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg: Vol I: Heaven and Hell; Divine Love and Wisdom; Divine Providence

“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 is death; the actual transition from one life to the next.”

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Author:Emanuel Swedenborg

“This Divine truth flows into heaven from the Lord from His Divine love”

Heaven Lord Divine Flow Divine Love

Book:Heaven and Hell: Also the World of Spirits Or Intermediate State from Things Heard and Seen by Emanuel Swedenborg

Source: Heaven and Hell: Also the World of Spirits Or Intermediate State from Things Heard and Seen by Emanuel Swedenborg

“The Divine of the Lord in heaven is love, for the reason that love is receptive of all things of heaven, such as peace, intelligence, wisdom and happiness”

Love Reason Happiness Heaven Peace Love Is Lord Divine All Things Receptive

Book:Heaven and hell

Source: Heaven and hell

“In a word, to grow old in heaven is to grow young.”

Young Heaven Grows

Book:Concerning Heaven and its Wonders, and concerning Hell; being a relation of things heard and seen. Translated from the Latin by J. W. Hancock; revised by J. Clowes. With the

Source: Concerning Heaven and its Wonders, and concerning Hell; being a relation of things heard and seen. Translated from the Latin by J. W. Hancock; revised by J. Clowes. With the

“Heaven is not located on high, but where the good of love is, and this resides within a person, wherever he or she might be.”

Persons Might Heaven Love Is

Author:Emanuel Swedenborg

“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 are also in the company of angels, even though we are not aware of it; and once we are released from the body we join them.”

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“God created us in such a way that our inner self is in the spiritual world and our outer self is in the physical world. This was so that the spiritual part of us, which belongs in heaven, could be planted in the physical part the way a seed is planted in the ground.”

World Way Self Spiritual Heaven Seeds Inner Self

Author:Emanuel Swedenborg

“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.”

Joy Heaven Blessing Delight

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