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 BINGENJust 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.
More Hildegard of Bingen Quotes
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I welcome all creatures of the world with grace.
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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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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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Every creature is a glittering, glistening mirror of Divinity.
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Holy persons draw to themselves all that is earthly.
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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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The Word is living, being, spirit, all verdant greening, all creativity. This Word manifests itself in every creature.
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If one intends to make beer from oats, it is prepared with hops.
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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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Just as a mirror, which reflects all things, is set in its own container, so too the rational soul is placed in the fragile container of the body. In this way, the body is governed in its earthly life by the soul, and the soul contemplates heavenly things through faith.
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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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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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The mystery of God hugs you in its all-encompassing arms.
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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.
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