Quotes from Hildegard of Bingen

It is easier to gaze into the sun, than into the face of the mystery of God. Such is its beauty and its radiance.

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.

The mystery of God hugs you in its all-encompassing arms.

The Creator and Lord of all so loved the world, that He sent His Son for its salvation, the Prince and Savior of the faithful, who washed and dried our wounds, and from Him also came that most sweet medicine, from which all the good things of salvation flow.

Just as a circle embraces all that is within it, so does the God-head embrace all. No one has the power to divide this circle, to surpass it, or to limit it.

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.

God has arranged everything in the universe in consideration of everything else.

When the words come, they are merely empty shells without the music. They live as they are sung, for the words are the body and the music the spirit.

There is the music of Heaven in all things.

All living creatures are sparks from the radiation of God's brilliance, emerging from God like the rays of the sun.

Be not lax in celebrating. Be not lazy in the festive service of God. Be ablaze with enthusiasm. Let us be an alive, burning offering before the altar of God.

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.