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 BINGENSometimes 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.
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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Holy persons draw to themselves all that is earthly.
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The truly holy person welcomes all that is earthly.
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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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Angels, living light most glorious! Beneath the Godhead in burning desire in the darkness and mystery of creation you look on the eye of your God never taking your fill: What glorious pleasures take shape within you!
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The fire has its flame and praises God. The wind blows the flame and praises God. In the voice we hear the word which praises God. And the word, when heard, praises God. So all of creation is a song of praise to God.
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There is the music of Heaven in all things.
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Even in a world that’s being shipwrecked, remain brave and strong.
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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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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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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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Every creature is a glittering, glistening mirror of Divinity.
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The word stands for the body, but the symphony stands for the spirit.
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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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