Hildegard of Bingen on spirit
Hildegard of Bingen54 quotes“The word stands for the body, but the symphony stands for the spirit.”
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I, God, am in your midst. Whoever knows me can never fall. Not in the heights, nor in the depths, nor in the breadths. For I am love, which the vast expanses of evil can never still.
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen A person who lacks the verdancy of justice is dry, totally without tender goodness, totally without illuminating virtue.
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen A human being is a vessel that God has built for himself and filled with his inspiration so that his works are perfected in it.
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen With nature’s help, humankind can set into creation all that is necessary and life sustaining.
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen The earth which sustains humanity must not be injured. It must not be destroyed!
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen The soul is kissed by God in its innermost regions.
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen We shall awaken from our dullness and rise vigorously toward justice. If we fall in love with creation deeper and deeper, we will respond to its endangerment with passion.
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen Humanity, take a good look at yourself. Inside, you’ve got heaven and earth, and all of creation. You’re a world – everything is hidden in you.
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen Love abounds in all things, excels from the depths to beyond the stars, is lovingly disposed to all things. She has given the king on high the kiss of peace.
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen Sometimes when we hear a song we breathe deeply and sigh. This reminds the prophet that the soul arises from heavenly harmony. In thinking about this, he was aware that the soul itself has something in itself of this music.
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen Glance at the sun. See the moon and stars. Gaze at the beauty of the green earth. Now think.
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen Rivers of living water are to be poured out over the whole world, to ensure that people, like fishes caught in a net, can be restored to wholeness.
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen We cannot live in a world that is not our own, in a world that is interpreted for us by others. An interpreted world is not a home. Part of the terror is to take back our own listening, to use our own voice, to see our own light.
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen When one’s thoughts are neither frivolous nor flippant, when one’s thoughts are neither stiff-necked nor stupid, but rather, are harmonious — they habitually render physical calm and deep insight.
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen I am the fiery life of the essence of God; I am the flame above the beauty in the fields; I shine in the waters; I burn in the sun, the moon, and the stars. And with the airy wind, I quicken all things vitally by an unseen, all-sustaining life.
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen God has arranged everything in the universe in consideration of everything else.
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen
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