Messenger of the Heart: The Book of Ang...
A source page for quotes linked to Angelus Silesius.
“Do not seek God in outer space-- Your heart is the only place in which to meet Him face to face.”
“The rose that with you earthly eyes you see, has flowered in God from all eternity.”
“The one awakened liberated sees all things as one unseparated.”
“Christ could be born a thousand times in Bethlehem - but all in vain until He is born in me.”
“Love is difficult, because loving is not enough: We must, like God, ourselves be Love.”
“I am as vast as God; there is nothing in the world O Miracle: that can shut me up in myself.”
“Don't think that some tomorrow you'll see God's Light. You see it now or err in darkest night.”
“It isn't bread that feeds you; it is life and the spirit that feed you through bread.”
“If in your heart you make a manger for his birth then God will once again become a child on earth.”
“The Rose which here on earth is now perceived by me, has blossomed thus in god from all eternity.”
“Paradise is at your own center; unless you find it there, there is no way to enter.”
“Springtime is at hand. When will you ever bloom, if not here and now?”
“God, whose love and joy are present everywhere, can't come to visit you unless you aren't there.”