There is the music of Heaven in all things.
HILDEGARD OF BINGENI, God, am in your midst. Whoever knows me can never fall. Not in the heights, nor in the depths, nor in the breadths. For I am love, which the vast expanses of evil can never still.
More Hildegard of Bingen Quotes
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The word stands for the body, but the symphony stands for the spirit.
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I 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.
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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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Holy persons draw to themselves 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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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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The earth which sustains humanity must not be injured. It must not be destroyed!
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Every creature is a glittering, glistening mirror of Divinity.
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The truly holy person welcomes all that is earthly.
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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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We shall awaken from our dullness and rise vigorously toward justice. If we fall in love with creation deeper and deeper, we will respond to its endangerment with passion.
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All of creation is a song of praise to God.
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If one intends to make beer from oats, it is prepared with hops.
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The soul is a breath of living spirit, that with excellent sensitivity, permeates the entire body to give it life. Just so, the breath of the air makes the earth fruitful. Thus the air is the soul of the earth, moistening it, greening it.
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Even in a world that’s being shipwrecked, remain brave and strong.
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