True charity is the desire to be useful to others without thought of recompense

Quote by Emanuel Swedenborg

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There are angels that receive more interiorly the Divine that goes forth from the Lord,...

There are angels that receive more interiorly the Divine that goes forth from the Lord,...

But by all this I am not deterred, for I have seen, I have heard,...

But by all this I am not deterred, for I have seen, I have heard,...

The human race is the basis on which heaven is founded, is because man was...

The human race is the basis on which heaven is founded, is because man was...

And as the Divine that goes forth from the Lord is the good of love...

And as the Divine that goes forth from the Lord is the good of love...

True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense.

True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense.

Without such a Life, the Word as to the letter is dead.

Without such a Life, the Word as to the letter is dead.

To have dominion by religion, is to have dominion over men's souls, thus over their...

To have dominion by religion, is to have dominion over men's souls, thus over their...

Destruction was effected after visitation, for visitation always precedes.

Destruction was effected after visitation, for visitation always precedes.

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

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

Peace is the work of justice indirectly, in so far as justice removes the obstacles...

Peace is the work of justice indirectly, in so far as justice removes the obstacles...

Charity creates a multitude of sins.

Charity creates a multitude of sins.

The charity that hastens to proclaim its good deeds, ceases to be charity, and is...

The charity that hastens to proclaim its good deeds, ceases to be charity, and is...

A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the...

A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the...

Acts of loving-kindness now supersede sacrifices as the preferred way of attaining God's forgiveness.

Acts of loving-kindness now supersede sacrifices as the preferred way of attaining God's forgiveness.

If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart...

If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart...

Charity isn't a good substitute for justice

Charity isn't a good substitute for justice

If not us, who? If not now, when?

If not us, who? If not now, when?

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being,...

In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being,...

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but...

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but...