Hildegard of Bingen Quotes
The soul is kissed by God in its innermost regions.
God hugs you. You are encircled by the arms of the mystery of God.
Every element has a sound, a color, and a taste.
The earth is at the same time mother; she is mother of all that is natural, mother of all that is human.
The word is living, being, spirit, all verdant greening, all creativity.
Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.
Understand well that all true science and knowledge is God’s word.
Human beings are God’s laborers.
From terraced mountains gushes forth dazzling water; and you are the one who guides it.
He who does not meditate on God morning and evening, does not taste fully the sweetness of life.
Time is to be directed, and not to be wasted.
All the ways of God are peace.
Everyone must take time daily to honor God.”
When we contemplate the wonders of creation, our souls are stirred to honor the Source from which they flow.
God’s love is in every breath we take, and every heartbeat.
God’s pleasure is justice.
Love is ever working miracles.
There is nothing in creation that does not have a radiance.
All living creatures are sparks from the radiation of God’s brilliance, emitted from God like rays of the sun.
The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.
Trust in the truth and bless the Creator of all you see.
Hildegard of Bingen Quotes part 2
God dwells within all beings, but not all beings are aware of this divine presence.
Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.
We cannot live in a world that is not our own, in a world that is interpreted for us by others.
We cannot be happy if we expect to live all the time at the highest peak of intensity.
The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.
We are all meant to be naturalists, each in his own degree, and it is inexcusable to live in a world so full of the marvels of plant and animal life and to care for none of these things.
To try to be brave is to be brave.
Believe one who knows: you will find something greater in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters.
A man does not rise to the rank of genius without being driven to pursue the truth relentlessly.
God always takes the simplest way.
You will have a chance to test your judging powers with a serious dtoxin.
An animal’s eyes have the power to speak a great language.
When a pet dies, that old twinge returns. A man, such a fool! Dog-nosed ghost going away, checking). It really was a good one.
For happiness, how little suffices for happiness!… the least thing precisely, the gentlest thing, the lightest thing, a lizard’s rustling, a breath, a wisk, an eye glance—little maketh up the best happiness. Be still.
It does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have gathered or how much attention you have received. It is the amount of positive vibration you have radiated in life that matters.
The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one’s opinion but rather to know it.
Art is one of those things we simply must do so that our spirits may grow.
Sweat cleanses from the inside. It comes from places a shower will never reach.
The key is to learn to sit at the edge of the mystery and not run away from it.
A tree says: My strength is trust. I know nothing about my fathers, I know nothing about the thousand children that every year spring out of me. I live out the secret of my seed to the very end, and I care for nothing else.
When you possess light within, you see it externally.
Only those who look with the eyes of children can lose themselves in the object of their wonder.
One of the greatest gifts you can bestow upon another, if you will pardon the expression, is patience.
Our daily decisions and habits have a huge impact upon both our levels of happiness and success.
If you are joyous, do not worry about lukewarmness. Joy will shine in your eyes and you will feel good.
Do not grudge the Hand that feeds the mouth.
Clear your mind of can’t.
Mankind will never see an end of trouble until… lovers of wisdom come to hold political power, or the holders of power… become lovers of wisdom.
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
