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.
HILDEGARD OF BINGENThere is the music of Heaven in all things.
More Hildegard of Bingen Quotes
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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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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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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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God has arranged everything in the universe in consideration of everything else.
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If one intends to make beer from oats, it is prepared with hops.
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Even in a world that’s being shipwrecked, remain brave and strong.
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Holy persons draw to themselves all that is earthly.
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Every creature is a glittering, glistening mirror of Divinity.
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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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Our souls should be like a transparent crystal through which God can be perceived.
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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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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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Everything that is in the heavens, on earth, and under the earth is penetrated with connectedness, penetrated with relatedness.
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I welcome all creatures of the world with grace.
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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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