Angelus Silesius
Angelus Silesius
Angelus Silesius, born Johann Scheffler and also known as Johann Angelus Silesius, was a German Catholic priest and physician, known as a mystic and religious poet. Born and raised a Lutheran, he adopted the name Angelusand the epithet Silesiuson converting to Catholicism in 1653. While studying in the Netherlands, he began to read the works of medieval mystics and became acquainted with the works of the German mystic Jacob Böhme through Böhme's friend, Abraham von Franckenberg. Silesius's mystical beliefs caused...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth25 December 1624
CountryGermany
I am as vast as God; there is nothing in the world O Miracle: that can shut me up in myself.
We keep so busy talking we are so keen to act that we forget that in the heart lies all we need untapped, intact.
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 is a pure no-thing, concealed in now and here; the less you reach for him, the more he will appear.
Nothing can throw thee into the infernal abyss so much as this detested word -- heed well! -- this mine and thine.
The Rose is without an explanation; She blooms, because She blooms.
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.
The Rose is without 'why'—she blooms because she blooms.
The rose that with you earthly eyes you see, has flowered in God from all eternity.
Don't think that some tomorrow you'll see God's Light. You see it now or err in darkest night.
What is outside yourself does not convey much worth; Clothes do not make the man, the saddle not the horse.
The rose has no 'Why?' It flowers because it flowers.