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Love is difficult, because loving is not enough: We must, like God, ourselves be Love.

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Angelus Silesius
Age: 52 †
Born: 1624
Born: December 1
Died: 1677
Died: June 9
Cleric
Physician Writer
Poet
Presbyter
Priest
Theologian
Writer
Breslau
Johann Scheffler
Johann Angelus Silesius
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