Quotes by Emanuel Swedenborg

“A life of kindness is the primary meaning of divine worship.”

“All in heaven take joy in sharing their delights and blessings with others.”

“There is one God, in whom there is the Divine Trinity, and he is the Lord Jesus Christ. This can be briefly illustrated in the following way: It is a certain and established truth that God is one, ...”

“Since the Bible is a divine revelation, every single part of it is divine. Anything that comes from the divine could be no other way. Everything that comes from the divine goes down through the hea...”

“Some people believe it is hard to lead the heaven-bound life that is called spiritual because they have heard that we need to renounce the world and give up the desires attributed to the body and t...”

“When someone's body can no longer perform its functions in the natural world in response to the thoughts and affections of its spirit (which it derives from the spiritual world), then we say that t...”

“Angels never attack, as infernal spirits do. Angels only ward off and defend.”

“Angels from the Lord lead and protect us every moment and every moment of every moment.”

“His rare science and practical skill, and the added fame of second sight and extraordinary religious knowledge and gifts, drew to him queens, nobles, clergy, ship-masters and people about the ports...”

“Swedenborg... exaggerates the circumstance of marriage... and fancies a wiser choice in heaven. But of progressive souls, all loves and friendships are momentary. Do you love me? means, Do you see ...”

“Since my seventeenth year, I have tried to live according to the teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg. By church he did not mean an ecclesiastical organization, but a spiritual fellowship of thoughtful ...”

“The real importance of Swedenborg lies in the doctrines he taught, which are the reverse of the gloom and hell-fire of other breakaway sects. He rejects the notion that Jesus died on the cross to a...”