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Were it received as a principle, that love to the Lord and charity to
the neighbor are what the whole Law hangs on and are what all the
Prophets speak of, and thus are the essentials of all doctrine and
worship, then the mind would be enlightened in innumerable things in
the Word, which otherwise lie hidden in the obscurity of a false
principle. In fact, heresies would be scattered then, and out of many
one Church would come to be, however the doctrines flowing therefrom
or leading thereto, and the rituals, might differ. Were the case so,
all men would be governed as a single human being by the Lord; for all
would be as members and organs of one body, which, dissimilar in form
and function though they are, still have relation to one heart only,
whereon they each and all depend. Then, in whatever doctrine or
outward worship one might be, he would say of another, "This man is my
brother. I see that he worships the Lord, and that he is a good man."
--_Arcana Coelestia, n._ 2385
MEMORABLE SAYINGS
MEMORABLE SAYINGS
All religion has relation to life; and the life of religion is to do
good.
Love in act is work and deed.
Heaven is a kingdom of uses.
No one who believes in God and lives well is condemned.
Shunning evils as sins is the mark of faith.
To resist one evil is to resist many; for every evil is united with
countless evils.
If you wish to be led by the Divine Providence, employ prudence as a
servant and attendant who faithfully dispenses his Lord's goods.
Where men know doctrine and think according to it, there the Church
_may be_; but where men act according to doctrine, there alone the
Church _is_.
It is not the desire of an intelligent man to be able to confirm
whatever he pleases; but to be able to see truth as truth, and falsity
as falsity, and to confirm his insight, is the way of an intelligent
man.
To reason only whether a thing is so or not, is like reasoning about
the fit of a cap or a shoe without ever putting it on.
It is the essence of God's love to love others outside Himself, to
desire to be one with them, and from Himself to render them blessed.
The absence of God from man is no more possible than the absence of
the sun from the earth through its heat and light.
Truths perish with those who do not desire good.
Peace has in it confidence in the Lord--that He governs all things,
and provides all things, and leads to a good end.
The Lord powerfully influences the humble.
Innocence is willingness to be led by the Lord.
One's distance from heaven is in proportion to the measure of one's
self-love.
Peace in the heavens is like spring in the world, gladdening all
things.
No two things mutually love each other more than do truth and good.
Love consists in desiring to give our own to another and in feeling as
our own his delight.
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