Anyone can see that intending and not acting when we can is not really intending, and loving and not doing good when we can is not really loving. - Emmanuel Swedenborg

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Anyone can see that intending and not acting when we can is not really intending, and loving and not doing good when we can is not really loving.

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About Emmanuel Swedenborg

Emanuel Swedenborg (29 January 1688 – 29 March 1772) was a Swedish philosopher, mystic, and scientist.

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[6] Then the ambassador asked him, “Can you make it true that you yourself are insane?” The provider of arguments said, “I could, but I don’t want to. Who isn’t insane?” Then people asked the provider of arguments to say from the heart whether he was joking or whether he really believed that there is no truth except what people make out to be true. He replied, “That is what I believe, I swear.” Afterward

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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