Love consists in desiring to give what is our own to another and feeling his delight as our own.
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First of all it must be known who the God of heaven is, since upon that all the other things depend.
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Peace has in it trust in the Lord, that He governs all things, provides all things, and leads to a good end.
Emanuel Swedenborg in Arcana Coelestia
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Real joy, which comes from loving to do good things without wanting to be repaid, is the reward that lasts forever.
Emanuel Swedenborg in New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine
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You are not made happy by the true things you believe from your faith, but by the goodness which comes from your faith.
Emanuel Swedenborg in Arcana Coelestia
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The human race is the basis on which heaven is founded, is because man was last created, and that which is last created is the basis of all that precedes.
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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.
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The act of exploring what the men are, and moreover the separation of the good from the evil, is visitation; and the good are then removed, and the evil are left behind.
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To have dominion by religion, is to have dominion over men's souls, thus over their very spiritual life, and to use the Divine things, which are in their religion, as the means.
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The quality of the Lord's church on earth, cannot be seen by any man, so long as he lives in the world, still less how the church in process of time has turned aside from good to evil.
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