True wisdom is seeing what is beneficial to your eternal life, and managing your life according to that. … - Emanuel Swedenborg

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The other thing that happened was that we have a tendency to project our own weaknesses onto another woman. I don't think men do that particularly.

Emanuel Swedenborg

True wisdom is seeing what is beneficial to your eternal life, and managing your life according to that. You do this when you not only know these things and grasp them with your understanding, but also will and do them.

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Worship does not consist in prayers and in external devotion, but in a life of kindness.

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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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A person who knows all that is good and all that is true---as much as can be known---but does not resist evils, knows nothing.

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Peace has in it trust in the Lord, that He governs all things, provides all things, and leads to a good end.

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Heaven is not located on high, but where the good of love is, and this resides within a person, wherever he or she might be.

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The other thing that happened was that we have a tendency to project our own weaknesses onto another woman. I don't think men do that particularly.

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