Angelus Silesius
Poet
1624-12-25 – 1677-07-09
Angelus Silesius was a German Catholic priest, physician, and religious poet of the Baroque period. Born Johann Scheffler, he is best known for mystical epigrammatic verse, especially The Cherubinic Wanderer. His writings became influential in Christian mystical literature.
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Quotes by Angelus Silesius
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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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If Christ were born in Bethlehem a thousand times and not in thee thyself then art thou lost eternally.
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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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Whatever thou lovest, man, that, too, become thou must- God, if thou lovest God; dust if thou lovest dust.
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