“All who are in the good of innocence are affected by innocence, and as far as any one is in that good, so far he is affected; but those who are not in the good of innocence, are not affected by it. For this reason all in hell are wholly opposed to innocence, nor do they know what it is; so opposed are they who as far as any one is innocent, they burn to do him mischief, and hence they cannot bear to see infants; as soon as they see them, they are inflamed with a cruel desire of doing them harm. From this it was made evident that what is man's own, and so the love of self, is against innocence; for all who are in hell are in what is their own, and therefore in the love of self.”

— The Divine Revelation of the New Jerusalem: Expanded Edition (Hyperlinked Works of Emanuel Swedenborg Book 1) by Emanuel Swedenborg
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