"Like billowing clouds, Like the incessant gurgle of……" — Hildegard of Bingen
"Like billowing clouds, Like the incessant gurgle of the brook The longing of the spirit can never be stilled."
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Hildegard of Bingen
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35 Quotes by Hildegard of Bingen
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Don't let yourself forget that God's grace rewards not only those who never slip, but also those who bend and…
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Cerevisiam Bibat! (drink beer for health)
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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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The soul is a breath of living spirit, that with excellent sensitivity, permeates the entire body to give it life.…
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I welcome all creatures of the world with grace.
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Sometimes when we hear a song we breathe deeply and sigh. This reminds the prophet that the soul arises from…
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When a woman is making love with a man, a sense of heat in her brain, which brings forth with…
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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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The Word is living, being, spirit, all verdant greening, all creativity. This Word manifests itself in every creature.
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Listen: there was once a king sitting on his throne. Around Him stood great and wonderfully beautiful columns ornamented with…
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When the words come, they are merely empty shells without the music. They live as they are sung, for the…
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Just as a mirror, which reflects all things, is set in its own container, so too the rational soul is…
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On a windswept hill by a billowing sea, my destiny sits and waits for me.
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When moral superiority combines with billowing ignorance, they fill up a hot-air balloon that's awfully hard not to poke.
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Everyone understands the pain that accompanies death, but genuine pain doesn't live in the spirit, nor in the air, nor…
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