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.
HILDEGARD OF BINGENEverything that is in the heavens, on earth, and under the earth is penetrated with connectedness, penetrated with relatedness.
More Hildegard of Bingen Quotes
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The Word is living, being, spirit, all verdant greening, all creativity. This Word manifests itself in every creature.
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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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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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A person who lacks the verdancy of justice is dry, totally without tender goodness, totally without illuminating virtue.
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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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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.
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With nature’s help, humankind can set into creation all that is necessary and life sustaining.
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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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The word stands for the body, but the symphony stands for the spirit.
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There is the music of Heaven in all things.
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The mystery of God hugs you in its all-encompassing arms.
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The soul is a breath of living spirit, that with excellent sensitivity, permeates the entire body to give it life. Just so, the breath of the air makes the earth fruitful. Thus the air is the soul of the earth, moistening it, greening it.
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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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Because a woman brought death a bright Maiden overcame it, and so the highest blessing in all of creation lies in the form of a woman, since God has become man in a sweet and blessed Virgin.
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Humanity finds itself in the midst of the world. In the midst of all other creatures humanity is the most significant and yet the most dependent upon the others.
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