Angelus Silesius

“If Christ a thousand times in Bethlehem be born, And not within thyself, thy soul will be forlorn.”

“Stop, where are you running? Heaven is in you. If you seek it elsewhere, you will miss it forever.”

“The nearer to the point, the more you are divine.”

“What you are seeking is also seeking you.”

“In God there is no sorrow, but the soul that is not in God is in sorrow.”

“The spirit is like a fire; it needs to be fed with the wood of contemplation.”

“True prayer is nothing but the love of God.”

“The eye with which I see God is the same eye with which God sees me.”

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

“The soul is a crystal, and love is the light that illuminates it.”

“Should you yourself not be the sun, you'll fail to see it shine.”

“Man, if you would see the creator, you must yourself become the creator.”

“You are not in a place, the place is in you.”

“The abyss of my soul calls to the abyss of God. Which of the two is deeper?”

“A Christian is a man who is a Christ to his neighbor.”

“What we call 'God' is a name for that which is greater than all.”

“The rose is without 'why'; it blooms simply because it blooms.”