Man is so created that as to his internal he cannot die; for he is capable of believing in God, and thus of being conjoined to God by faith and love, and to be conjoined to God is to live to eternity.

Men live a moral life, either from regard to the Diving Being, or from regard to the opinion of the people in the world; and when a moral life is practised out of regard to the Divine Being, it is a spiritual life. Both appear alike in their outward form; but in their inward, they are completely different. The one saves a man, but the other does not; for he that leads a moral life out of regard to the Divine Being is led by him, but he who does so from regard to the opinion of people in the world is led by himself.

People are unaware that spirits even exist, let alone that angels are present with them.

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

We are all spirits inwardly. This is what's alive in the body, not the body on its own.

A man after death, is not a natural but a spiritual man; nevertheless he still appears in all respects like himself.

Charity is to will and do what is just and right in every transaction.