“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

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German writer 1624–1677

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