Angelus Silesius
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His family name was Johann Scheffler, but he is generally known by the pseudonym Angelus Silesius, under which he published his poems and which marks the country of his birth.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various
The great mystic Angelus Silesius feels this when he says— “I know God cannot live an instant without me, He must give up the ghost if I should cease to be.”
From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Schopenhauer, Arthur
This Neoplatonic Absolute is the Godhead of whom Eckhart says: "God never looked upon deed," and of whom Angelus Silesius sings: "Und sieh, er ist nicht Wille, Er ist ein' ewige Stille."
From Light, Life, and Love : selections from the German mystics of the middle ages by Inge, William Ralph
To ignore Angelus Silesius, Paul Gerhardt, Albert Knapp, Philip Spitta and their glorious compeers, would be to silence a choir that sang the praises of the Lord "in notes almost divine."
From The Lutherans of New York Their Story and Their Problems by Wenner, George
Compare the famous lines of Angelus Silesius: "Had Christ a thousand times Been born in Bethlehem But not in thee, thy sin Would still thy soul condemn."
From Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries by Jones, Rufus Matthew
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