Bethlehem Quotes by Angelus Silesius

The rose is without 'why'; it blooms simply because it blooms. It pays no attention to itself, nor does it ask whether anyone sees…

— Angelus Silesius

Christ could be born a thousand times in Bethlehem - but all in vain until He is born in me.

— Angelus Silesius

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

— Angelus Silesius

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

— Angelus Silesius

Three days: Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday, I know, Yet if the past were cancelled within the here and now, And then the future hidden,…

— Angelus Silesius

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

— Angelus Silesius

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

— Angelus Silesius

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

— Angelus Silesius

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

— Angelus Silesius

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

— Angelus Silesius

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

— Angelus Silesius

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

— Angelus Silesius