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
self self-love world
Self-love and the love of the world constitute hell.
love opportunity reality
To will and not to do when there is opportunity is in reality not to will; and to love what is good and not to do it, when it is possible, is in reality not to love it
love spiritual angel
So far as the Angels are recipients of that spiritual heat and light they are loves and wisdoms, not loves and wisdoms for themselves, but from the Lord.
love-is married goodness
If love is not married to wisdom (or if goodness is not married to truth), it cannot accomplish anything.
believe men and-love
Man is so created that as to his internal he cannot die; for he is capable of believing in God, and thus of being conjoined to God by faith and love, and to be conjoined to God is to live to eternity.
love heaven faith-and-love
The activity of love and faith is what makes heaven.
love-is heaven reason
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
inspire benefits his-love
God loves every one of us but cannot directly benefit us; he can benefit us only indirectly through each other. For this reason he inspires us with his love
love-is men he-man
Such as the love is, such is the wisdom, consequently such is the man (n. 368) (Divine Love and Wisdom, 1763)
two heaven and-love
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.
love compassion together
Charity alone, or love and compassion, is what joins [the Lord and a person] together.
love valentines-day giving
Love consists in desiring to give what is our own to another and feeling his delight as our own.
men love-is knows
Man knows that love is, but not what it is.
love unions without-trust
All union is effected by love, and love is not love without trust.