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No one's character is completely like another'sthis infinite variety is like a mirror in which we can see the infinity of God the Creator.

Emanuel Swedenborg

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Emanuel Swedenborg
Age: 84 †
Born: 1688
Born: January 29
Died: 1772
Died: March 29
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Charity itself consists in acting justly and faithfully in whatever office, business and employment a person is engaged in.
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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.
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Charity is like warmth in springtime or summer that causes grass, plants, and trees to grow. Without charity, or spiritual warmth, nothing grows.
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For the judgment was accomplished not only upon all the men of the Christian church, but also upon all who are called Mohammedans, and, moreover, upon all the Gentiles in the whole world.
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Heaven is such that all who have lived well, of whatever religion, have a place there.
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Marriages on earth--because they are the seminaries of the human race and of the angels of heaven also because, likewise, they proceed from a spiritual origin, that is, from the marriage of good and truth and since, in addition, the Lord's divine proceeding principally flows into conjugal love--are most holy in the estimation of the angels.
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Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want, and do.
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