With nature’s help, humankind can set into creation all that is necessary and life sustaining.
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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The soul is kissed by God in its innermost regions.
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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.
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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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Even in a world that’s being shipwrecked, remain brave and strong.
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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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You are encircled by the arms of the mystery of God.
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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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Be not lax in celebrating. Be not lazy in the festive service of God. Be ablaze with enthusiasm. Let us be an alive, burning offering before the altar of God.
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Every element has a sound, an original sound from the order of God; all those sounds unite like the harmony from harps and zithers.
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If one intends to make beer from oats, it is prepared with hops.
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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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Like billowing clouds, Like the incessant gurgle of the brook The longing of the spirit can never be stilled.
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I, the fiery life of divine wisdom, I ignite the beauty of the plains, I sparkle the water, I burn in the sun, and the moon, and the stars.
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The truly holy person welcomes all that is earthly.
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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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