45 Quotes by Angelus Silesius

Love is difficult, because loving is not enough: We must, like God, ourselves be Love.

A monk asks:Is there anything more miraculous than the wonders of nature?The master answers:Yes, your awareness of the wonders of nature.

God never does withdraw; His works come to no halt; If you don't feel His force, yourself must be at fault.

God is a pure no-thing, concealed in now and here; the less you reach for him, the more he will appear.

Do not seek God in outer space-- Your heart is the only place in which to meet Him face to face.

If in your heart you make a manger for his birth then God will once again become a child on earth.

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.

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.

Paradise is at your own center; unless you find it there, there is no way to enter.