Quotes from book
Cherubinischer Wandersmann

Angelus SilesiusOriginal title Cherubinischer Wandersmann oder Geist-Reiche Sinn- und Schluß-Reime (German, 1657)
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“The rose is without 'why'; it blooms simply because it blooms. It pays no attention to itself, nor does it ask whether anyone sees it.”

Angelus Silesius book Cherubinischer Wandersmann

Die Ros ist ohn warum; sie blühet weil sie blühet, Sie acht nicht ihrer selbst, fragt nicht, ob man sie siehet.
Cherubinischer Wandersmann, Sämtliche Poetische Werke (1949), Vol. I

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