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.
HILDEGARD OF BINGENI am the fiery life of the essence of God; I am the flame above the beauty in the fields; I shine in the waters; I burn in the sun, the moon, and the stars. And with the airy wind, I quicken all things vitally by an unseen, all-sustaining life.
More Hildegard of Bingen Quotes
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The soul is kissed by God in its innermost regions.
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Even in a world that’s being shipwrecked, remain brave and strong.
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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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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.
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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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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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You are encircled by the arms of the mystery of God.
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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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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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What I do not see I do not know. I see, hear and know simultaneously and learn what I know as if in a moment.
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There is the music of Heaven in all things.
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Rivers of living water are to be poured out over the whole world, to ensure that people, like fishes caught in a net, can be restored to wholeness.
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The mystery of God hugs you in its all-encompassing arms.
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The earth should not be injured. The earth should not be destroyed. As often as the elements, the elements of the world are violated by ill treatment, so God will cleanse them thru the sufferings, thru the hardships of mankind.
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Our souls should be like a transparent crystal through which God can be perceived.
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