"In heaven there are two distinct loves, love to the Lord and love towards the neighbor, in the inmost or third heaven love to the Lord, in the second or middle heaven love towards the neighbor."

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"In heaven there are two distinct loves, love to the Lord and love towards the neighbor, in the inmost or third heaven love to the Lord, in the second or middle heaven love towards the neighbor."

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"Love consists in desiring to give what is our own to another and feeling his delight as our own."

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"I have often talked with angels on this subject, and they have invariably declared that in heaven they are unable to divide the Divine into three, because they know and perceive that the Divine is One and this One is in the Lord."

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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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"First of all it must be known who the God of heaven is, since upon that all the other things depend."

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"For the spiritual sense of the Word treats everywhere of the spiritual world, that is, of the state of the church in the heavens, as well as in the earth; hence the Word is spiritual and Divine."

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"I am well aware that many will say that no one can possibly speak with spirits and angels so long as he lives in the body; and many will say that it is all fancy, others that I relate such things in order to gain credence, and others will make other objections."

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"In the Christian world... it is believed that angels were created at the beginning, and that heaven was formed of them; and that the Devil or Satan was an angel of light, who, becoming rebellions, was cast down with his crew, and that this was the origin of hell."

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"Destruction was effected after visitation, for visitation always precedes."

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"Man was so created by the Lord as to be able while living in the body to speak with spirits and angels, as in fact was done in the most ancient times; for, being a spirit clothed with a body, he is one with them."

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"Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own."

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"I know of only one duty, and that is to love."

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"Kiss me and you will see how important I am."

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"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart."

Helen Keller, American Author

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"If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded."

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"To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and disciplined way."

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"I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life."

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"All mankind love a lover."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

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