Angelic happiness is in service, from service, and according to service.

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.

In a word, to grow old in heaven is to grow young.

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.

Man is an organ of life, and God alone is life.

That every man after the life in the world lives to eternity, is evident from this, that man is then spiritual, and no longer natural, and that the spiritual man, separated from the natural, remains such as he is to eternity, for man's state cannot be changed after death.

Charity alone, or love and compassion, is what joins [the Lord and a person] together.