The end of creation is that all things may return to the Creator and be united with Him.

This I can declare: things that are in heaven are more real than things that are in the world.

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

Love comes into being through useful service to others.

Angels can recognize the nature of our unique essence on the basis of nothing more than a brief conversation with us. From hearing the tone of our voice angels sense what we love; and from hearing what we say, angels sense our level of understanding.

People who have intended and loved what is evil in the world intend and love what is evil in the other life, and then they no longer allow themselves to be led away from it. This is why people who are absorbed in evil are connected to hell and actually are there in spirit; and after death they crave above all to be where their evil is. So after death, it is we, not the Lord, who cast ourselves into hell.

The nature of heaven is to provide a place there for all who lead good lives, no matter what their religion may be.