Angelus Silesius quotes

Three days: Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday, I know, Yet if the past were cancelled within the here and now And then the future hidden, I could regain that Day Which I, before I was, had lived in God's own way. (Angelus Silesius)
Though Christ a thousand times in Bethleham be born And not within thyself, Thy soul will be forlorn. View quote
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By the will art thou lost, by the will art thou found, by the will art thou free, captive, and bound. View quote
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Christ could be born a thousand times in Bethlehem - but all in vain until He is born in me. View quote
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The Rose is without 'why'-she blooms because she blooms. View quote
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No thought for the hereafter have the wise, for on this very earth they live in paradise. View quote
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God is a flowing well which constantly may pour Into his whole Creation, and yet be as before. View quote
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Travel within thyself! The Stone Philosophers with wisest arts Have vainly sought, cannot be found By travelling in foreign parts. View quote
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Even before I was me, I was God in God; And I can be once again, as soon as I am dead to myself. View quote
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If neither love nor pain Will ever touch thy heart, Then only God's in thee, And then in God thou art. View quote
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How fleeting is this world yet it survives. It is ourselves that fade from it and our ephemeral lives. (Angelus Silesius)
God is an utter Nothingness, Beyond the touch of Time and Place: The more thou graspest after Him, The more he fleeth thy embrace. View quote
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Saints do not die. It is their lot, To die while on this earth to all that God is not. View quote
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Where is my dwelling place? Where I can never stand. Where is my final goal, toward which I should ascend? It is beyond all place. What should my quest then be? I must, transcending God, into the desert flee. View quote
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Thou laughest that a child cries o'er its broken doll;- The things o'er which thou mournest-are they not playthings all? View quote
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I say it speeds thee not That Christ rose from the grave, So long as thou art still To death and sin a slave. View quote
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The Thought and Deed of Deity Are of such richness and extent That It remaineth to Itself An Undiscovered Continent. View quote
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Christ was born a man for me, for me he died - Unless I become God through Him, His birth is mocked His death denied. View quote
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All heaven's glory is within and so is hell's fierce burning. You must yourself decide in which direction you are turning. View quote
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Naught ever can be known in God: One and Alone Is He. To know Him, Knower must be one with Known. View quote
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The vengeful God of wrath and punishment is a mere fairytale. It simply is the Me That makes me fail. (Angelus Silesius)
O Man, as long as you exist, know, have, and cherish, You have not been delivered, believe me, of your burden. View quote
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Unless you find paradise at your own center, there is not the smallest chance That you may enter. View quote
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In waste God hides the gold, accept what He may send, The great within the small, though we don't comprehend. View quote
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The Spirit is like new wine, see the disciples all, Like men inebriate, swept away and enthralled By both its heat and strength; thus it remains true still That the disciples had of sweetest wine their fill. View quote
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