Emanuel Swedenborg
Emanuel Swedenborg
Emanuel Swedenborg; born Emanuel Swedberg on 29 January 1688; died 29 March 1772) was a Swedish scientist, philosopher, theologian, revelator, and mystic. He is best known for his book on the afterlife, Heaven and Hell...
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth29 January 1688
CountrySweden
love-is essence joy
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 is loving.
inspirational life kindness
Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want, and do.
single-mom new-beginnings understanding
Every single moment of a person's life, both of the understanding and of the will, is a new beginning.
humans conscience gods-presence
Conscience is God's presence in humans.
kindness prayer doe
Worship does not consist in prayers and in external devotion, but in a life of kindness.
attitude wall mean
Love means setting aside walls, fences, and unlocking doors and saying 'Yes.' One can be in paradise by simply saying 'yes' to this moment.
angel heaven feelings
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.
love-is heaven might
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.
love-is our-love determine
Our love is our life itself. What our love is like determines how we live and therefore everything about what we are as human beings.
trust-in-the-lord lord ends
Peace has in it trust in the Lord, that He governs all things, provides all things, and leads to a good end.
basis heaven human race
The human race is the basis on which heaven is founded.
heaven young grows
In a word, to grow old in heaven is to grow young.
men thinking departure
What a man thinks in his spirit in the world, that he does after his departure from the world when he becomes a spirit.
self self-love world
Self-love and the love of the world constitute hell.