Angelus Silesius: Man

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“All Heaven is within thee, Man,
And all of Hell within thy heart:
What thou dost choose and will to have,
That hast thou wheresoe'er thou art.”

Angelus Silesius

The Cherubinic Wanderer

“Christ was born a man for me,
for me he died -
Unless I become God
through Him,
His birth is mocked
His death denied”

Angelus Silesius

The Cherubinic Wanderer

“So high above all things that be.
Is God uplifted, man can dare.
No utterance: he prayeth best.
When Silence is his sum of prayer”

Angelus Silesius

The Cherubinic Wanderer

“The Wise Man is that which he hath.
The precious Pearl of Paradise Wouldst thou not lose,
then must thou be Thyself that Pearl of greatest price.”

Angelus Silesius

The Cherubinic Wanderer

“How short our span!
If you once realized how brief,
you would refrain
from causing any beast or man
the smallest grief, the slightest pain.”

Angelus Silesius

The Cherubinic Wanderer

“If thou dost love a Something, Man,
Thou lovest naught that doth abide.
God is not This nor That—do thou
Leave Somethings utterly aside”

Angelus Silesius

The Cherubinic Wanderer

“No man has known perfect felicity,
Until his otherness is drowned in unity”

Angelus Silesius

The Cherubinic Wanderer

“O Man, as long as you exist, know, have, and cherish,
You have not been delivered, believe me, of your burden.”

Angelus Silesius

Quoted in German Mystical Writings: Hildegard of Bingen, Meister Eckhart, Jacob Boehme, and Others (1991), edited by Karen J. Campbell