What I do not see I do not know. I see, hear and know simultaneously and learn what I know as if in a moment.
HILDEGARD OF BINGENIt is easier to gaze into the sun, than into the face of the mystery of God. Such is its beauty and its radiance.
More Hildegard of Bingen Quotes
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Our souls should be like a transparent crystal through which God can be perceived.
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O, You who are ever giving life to all life, moving all creatures, root of all things, washing them clean, wiping out their mistakes, healing their wounds, You are our true life, luminous, wonderful, awakening the heart from its ancient sleep.
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The fire has its flame and praises God. The wind blows the flame and praises God. In the voice we hear the word which praises God. And the word, when heard, praises God. So all of creation is a song of praise to God.
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The earth should not be injured. The earth should not be destroyed. As often as the elements, the elements of the world are violated by ill treatment, so God will cleanse them thru the sufferings, thru the hardships of mankind.
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God has arranged everything in the universe in consideration of everything else.
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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.
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These visions which I saw were not in sleep nor in dreams, nor in my imagination nor by bodily eyes or outward ears nor in a hidden place; but in watching, aware with the pure eyes of the mind and inner ear of the heart.
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The truly holy person welcomes all that is earthly.
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The soul is kissed by God in its innermost regions.
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The word stands for the body, but the symphony stands for the spirit.
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I welcome all creatures of the world with grace.
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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.
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Like billowing clouds, Like the incessant gurgle of the brook The longing of the spirit can never be stilled.
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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.
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Every creature is a glittering, glistening mirror of Divinity.
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Angels, living light most glorious! Beneath the Godhead in burning desire in the darkness and mystery of creation you look on the eye of your God never taking your fill: What glorious pleasures take shape within you!
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Glance at the sun. See the moon and stars. Gaze at the beauty of the green earth. Now think.
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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.
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The mystery of God hugs you in its all-encompassing arms.
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You are encircled by the arms of the mystery of God.
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With nature’s help, humankind can set into creation all that is necessary and life sustaining.
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It is easier to gaze into the sun, than into the face of the mystery of God. Such is its beauty and its radiance.
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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.
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A person who lacks the verdancy of justice is dry, totally without tender goodness, totally without illuminating virtue.
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Divinity is in its omniscience and omnipotence like a wheel, a circle, a whole, that can neither be understood, nor divided, nor begun nor ended.
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The soul is kissed by God in its innermost regions. With interior yearning, grace and blessing are bestowed. It is a yearning to take on God’s gentle yoke, It is a yearning to give one’s self to God’s Way.
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