LOOKING UP TO HEAVEN

"To look upward to heaven is not merely to think about the things that belongs
to heaven, but to have these thinks as the goal and to love them more than all other things."--Emanuel Swedenborg

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAN & ANIMAL

"Humans, unlike animals, can rise above their nature. A lion, for instance, cannot say, "I think I'll stop killing and become a vegetarian." A human can rise above wants and desires, and change to something more noble and more spiritual than what he or she started out to be." Emanuel Swedenborg

ABOUT FAITH

"Faith is not blind, as some would say. Faith is seeing the truth and having confidence in it. Real faith is not just a matter of the mind, but of the heart as well."-- Emanuel Swedengorg

WHAT IS INTELLIGENCE?

"It is no mark of intelligence to prove whatever one pleases.
But to be able to discern what is true as true and what is false as false --
this is the mark and character of intelligence."- Emanuel Swedenbord

WHAT IS WISDOM?

"True wisdom is seeing what is beneficial to our eternal life and managing our present life according to that knowledge."- Emanuel Swedenborg

HOW DOES THE LORD HELP US?

"THE LORD DOES NOT WITHDRAW US FROM OUR PERSONAL HELL UNLESS WE SEE THAT WE ARE IN HELL AND WISH TO BE LED OUT" - Emanual Swedengorg

WHAT IS LOVE?

"Love of a woman and a man is precious because it embodies the union of love and wisdom in God and also in creation. Wisdom and love desire to be one and have no greater delight than when they are one." - Emanuel Swedenborg