What is outside yourself does not convey much worth; Clothes do not make the man, the saddle not the horse.
Angelus SilesiusNothing can throw thee into the infernal abyss so much as this detested word - heed well! - this mine and thine.
Angelus SilesiusIf Christ were born in Bethlehem a thousand times and not in thee thyself; then art thou lost eternally.
Angelus SilesiusGod is a pure no-thing, concealed in now and here; the less you reach for him, the more he will appear.
Angelus Silesius