45 Quotes by Angelus Silesius

If Christ were born in Bethlehem a thousand times and not in thee thyself; then art thou lost eternally.

Could one that's damned stand in high Heaven, even thereHe'd feel within himself all Hell and Hell's despair.

By the will art thou lost, by the will art thou found, by the will art thou free, captive, and bound.

The rose is without why; it blooms because it blooms,It pays no attention to itself, asks not whether it is seen.

Naught is there mightier than God;Yet hath He not the might to turnMy Will from willing what it will,My yearning as it needs must yearn?

The Rose is without an explanation; She blooms, because She blooms.

Nothing can throw thee into the infernal abyss so much as this detested word -- heed well! -- this mine and thine.

The rose does not have a why; it blossums without reason, forgetful of self and oblivious to our vision.

A rose is but a rose, it blooms because it blooms; it thinks not of itself, nor asks if it is seen.