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> [Christ could be born a thousand times in Bethlehem - but all in vain until He is born in me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angelus-silesius/christ-could-be-born-a-thousand-times-in-bethlehem-but-all-in-vain/)

[Angelus Silesius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angelus-silesius/if-christ-were-born-in-bethlehem-a-thousand-times-and-not-in-thee/)

[Angelus Silesius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angelus-silesius/)

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> [Though Christ a thousand times in Bethlehem be born, If he's not born in thee thy soul is still forlorn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angelus-silesius/though-christ-a-thousand-times-in-bethlehem-be-born-if-he-s-not-born/)

[Angelus Silesius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angelus-silesius/)

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## Other authors on Bethlehem

## More 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angelus-silesius/the-rose-is-without-why-it-blooms-simply-because-it-blooms-it-pays-no/)

[Angelus Silesius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angelus-silesius/)

> [Christ could be born a thousand times in Bethlehem - but all in vain until He is born in me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angelus-silesius/christ-could-be-born-a-thousand-times-in-bethlehem-but-all-in-vain/)

[Angelus Silesius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angelus-silesius/)

> [Love is difficult, because loving is not enough: We must, like God, ourselves be Love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angelus-silesius/love-is-difficult-because-loving-is-not-enough-we-must-like-god/)

[Angelus Silesius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angelus-silesius/)

> [It isn't bread that feeds you; it is life and the spirit that feed you through bread.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angelus-silesius/it-isn-t-bread-that-feeds-you-it-is-life-and-the-spirit-that-feed-you/)

[Angelus Silesius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angelus-silesius/three-days-today-tomorrow-and-yesterday-i-know-yet-if-the-past-were/)

[Angelus Silesius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angelus-silesius/)

> [Don't think that some tomorrow you'll see God's Light. You see it now or err in darkest night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angelus-silesius/don-t-think-that-some-tomorrow-you-ll-see-god-s-light-you-see-it-now/)

[Angelus Silesius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angelus-silesius/)

> [What is outside yourself does not convey much worth; Clothes do not make the man, the saddle not the horse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angelus-silesius/what-is-outside-yourself-does-not-convey-much-worth-clothes-do-not/)

[Angelus Silesius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angelus-silesius/)

> [By the will art thou lost, by the will art thou found, by the will art thou free, captive, and bound.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angelus-silesius/by-the-will-art-thou-lost-by-the-will-art-thou-found-by-the-will-art/)

[Angelus Silesius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angelus-silesius/)

> [God never does withdraw; His works come to no halt; If you don't feel His force, yourself must be at fault.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angelus-silesius/god-never-does-withdraw-his-works-come-to-no-halt-if-you-don-t-feel/)

[Angelus Silesius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angelus-silesius/)

> [A rose is but a rose, it blooms because it blooms; it thinks not of itself, nor asks if it is seen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angelus-silesius/a-rose-is-but-a-rose-it-blooms-because-it-blooms-it-thinks-not-of/)

[Angelus Silesius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angelus-silesius/)

> [The rose does not have a why; it blossums without reason, forgetful of self and oblivious to our vision.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angelus-silesius/the-rose-does-not-have-a-why-it-blossums-without-reason-forgetful-of/)

[Angelus Silesius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angelus-silesius/)

> [If Christ were born in Bethlehem a thousand times and not in thee thyself; then art thou lost eternally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angelus-silesius/if-christ-were-born-in-bethlehem-a-thousand-times-and-not-in-thee/)

[Angelus Silesius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angelus-silesius/)

> [Time is of your own making; Its clock ticks in your head. The moment you stop thought Time too stops dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angelus-silesius/time-is-of-your-own-making-its-clock-ticks-in-your-head-the-moment/)

[Angelus Silesius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angelus-silesius/)

> [I am like God and God like me. I am as large as God. He is as small as I. He cannot above me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angelus-silesius/i-am-like-god-and-god-like-me-i-am-as-large-as-god-he-is-as-small-as/)

[Angelus Silesius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angelus-silesius/)

> [A monk asks:Is there anything more miraculous than the wonders of nature?The master answers:Yes, your awareness of the wonders of nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angelus-silesius/a-monk-asks-is-there-anything-more-miraculous-than-the-wonders-of/)

[Angelus Silesius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angelus-silesius/)

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