The word stands for the body, but the symphony stands for the spirit.
HILDEGARD OF BINGENLove 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.
More Hildegard of Bingen Quotes
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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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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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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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A person who lacks the verdancy of justice is dry, totally without tender goodness, totally without illuminating virtue.
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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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God has arranged everything in the universe in consideration of everything else.
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All of creation is a song of praise to God.
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Even in a world that’s being shipwrecked, remain brave and strong.
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All living creatures are sparks from the radiation of God’s brilliance, emerging from God like the rays of the sun.
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Just as a circle embraces all that is within it, so does the God-head embrace all. No one has the power to divide this circle, to surpass it, or to limit it.
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Dare to declare who you are. It is not far from the shores of silence to the boundaries of speech. The path is not long, but the way is deep. You must not only walk there, you must be prepared to leap.
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With nature’s help, humankind can set into creation all that is necessary and life sustaining.
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Everything that is in the heavens, on earth, and under the earth is penetrated with connectedness, penetrated with relatedness.
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All the arts serving human desires and needs are derived from the breath that Godsent into the human body.
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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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