29th January: Emanuel Swedenbourg

On this date in 1688 Emanuel Swedenbourg, the Swedish scientist, philosopher and theologian was born. 10 quotes from him:

1. Love consists in desiring to give what is our own to another and feeling his delight as our own.
2. True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense.
3. Man knows that love is, but not what it is.
4. All religion relates to life, and the life of religion is to do good.
5. We are not people because of our bodies but because of our spirits.
6. The inner self is as distinct from the outer self as heaven is from earth.
7. it is the quality of our love that determines the quality of this life.
8. 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.
9. Worship does not consist in prayers and in external devotion, but in a life of kindness.
10. Love means setting aside walls, fences, and unlocking doors and saying 'Yes.' One can be in paradise by simply saying 'yes' to this moment.

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