Top quotes by Angelus Silesius

The Rose is without an explanation; She blooms, because She blooms. Votes: 6

Springtime is at hand. When will you ever bloom, if not here and now? Votes: 6

If Christ were born in Bethlehem a thousand times and not in thee thyself; then art thou lost eternally. Votes: 5

A monk asks:Is there anything more miraculous than the wonders of nature?The master answers:Yes, your awareness of the wonders of nature. Votes: 4

Paradise is at your own center; unless you find it there, there is no way to enter. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

If in your heart you make a manger for his birth then God will once again become a child on earth. Votes: 3

Though Christ a thousand times in Bethlehem be born, If he's not born in thee thy soul is still forlorn. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

The Rose which here on earth is now perceived by me, has blossomed thus in god from all eternity. Votes: 3

I am as vast as God; there is nothing in the world O Miracle: that can shut me up in myself. Votes: 3

The rose does not have a why; it blossums without reason, forgetful of self and oblivious to our vision. Votes: 2

By the will art thou lost, by the will art thou found, by the will art thou free, captive, and bound. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 0

Do not seek God in outer space-- Your heart is the only place in which to meet Him face to face. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Love is difficult, because loving is not enough: We must, like God, ourselves be Love. Votes: 0

God never does withdraw; His works come to no halt; If you don't feel His force, yourself must be at fault. Votes: 0

God is a pure no-thing, concealed in now and here; the less you reach for him, the more he will appear. Votes: 0

We keep so busy talking we are so keen to act that we forget that in the heart lies all we need untapped, intact. Votes: 0

God, whose love and joy are present everywhere, can't come to visit you unless you aren't there. Votes: 0

It isn't bread that feeds you; it is life and the spirit that feed you through bread. Votes: 0

Time is of your own making; Its clock ticks in your head. The moment you stop thought Time too stops dead. Votes: 0

Nothing can throw thee into the infernal abyss so much as this detested word - heed well! - this mine and thine. Votes: 0

The one awakened liberated sees all things as one unseparated. Votes: 0

The name of Jesus is as ointment poured forth; It nourishes, and illumines, and stills the anguish of the soul. Votes: 0

Don't think that some tomorrow you'll see God's Light. You see it now or err in darkest night. Votes: 0

What is outside yourself does not convey much worth; Clothes do not make the man, the saddle not the horse. Votes: 0

Christ could be born a thousand times in Galilee - but all in vain until He is born in me. Votes: 0

The rose has no 'Why?' It flowers because it flowers. Votes: 0

The rose that with you earthly eyes you see, has flowered in God from all eternity. Votes: 0

The Rose is without 'why'—she blooms because she blooms. Votes: 0

A rose is but a rose, it blooms because it blooms; it thinks not of itself, nor asks if it is seen. Votes: 0