Angelus Silesius was a German mystic and poet.
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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. / Should Christ be born a thousand times anew, / Despair, O man, unless he's born in you!”
Angelus Silesius
“By the will art thou lost, by the will art thou found, by the will art thou free, captive, and bound.”
“The name of Jesus is as ointment poured forth; It nourishes, and illumines, and stills the anguish of the soul.”