Angelus Silesius Quotes
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Springtime is at hand. When will you ever bloom, if not here and now?
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If Christ were born in Bethlehem a thousand times and not in thee thyself; then art thou lost eternally.
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The Rose which here on earth is now perceived by me, has blossomed thus in god from all eternity.
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We keep so busy talking we are so keen to act that we forget that in the heart lies all we need untapped, intact.
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It isn't bread that feeds you; it is life and the spirit that feed you through bread.
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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.
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God, whose love and joy are present everywhere, can't come to visit you unless you aren't there.
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The rose does not have a why; it blossums without reason, forgetful of self and oblivious to our vision.
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The rose that with you earthly eyes you see, has flowered in God from all eternity.
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Though Christ a thousand times in Bethlehem be born, If he's not born in thee thy soul is still forlorn.
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Don't think that some tomorrow you'll see God's Light. You see it now or err in darkest night.
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The one awakened liberated sees all things as one unseparated.
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The rose has no 'Why?' It flowers because it flowers.
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A rose is but a rose, it blooms because it blooms; it thinks not of itself, nor asks if it is seen.
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God never does withdraw; His works come to no halt; If you don't feel His force, yourself must be at fault.
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Paradise is at your own center; unless you find it there, there is no way to enter.
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Christ could be born a thousand times in Bethlehem - but all in vain until He is born in me.
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If in your heart you make a manger for his birth then God will once again become a child on earth.
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I am as vast as God; there is nothing in the world O Miracle: that can shut me up in myself.
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Time is of your own making; Its clock ticks in your head. The moment you stop thought Time too stops dead.
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God is a pure no-thing, concealed in now and here; the less you reach for him, the more he will appear.
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Nothing can throw thee into the infernal abyss so much as this detested word - heed well! - this mine and thine.
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The name of Jesus is as ointment poured forth; It nourishes, and illumines, and stills the anguish of the soul.
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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.
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The Rose is without 'why'—she blooms because she blooms.
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The rose is without 'why'; it blooms simply because it blooms. It pays no attention to itself, nor does it ask whether anyone sees it.
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A monk asks:Is there anything more miraculous than the wonders of nature?The master answers:Yes, your awareness of the wonders of nature.
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God does not care what good you did, but why you did it. He does not grade the fruit but probes the core and tests the root.
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I am like God and God like me. I am as large as God. He is as small as I. He cannot above me nor I beneath him be.
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Do not seek God in outer space-- Your heart is the only place in which to meet Him face to face.
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