Swedenborg Quotes

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

“Everything good or true that the angels inspire in us is God’s, so God is constantly talking to us. He talks very differently, though, to one person than to another.”

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

“Love comes into being through useful service to others.”

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

“All the ancient churches were churches representative of spiritual things; the rites, and also the statutes, according to which their worship was established, consisted of pure correspondence.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”