Hildegard of Bingen Quotes About Soul

Quotes about: Soul

• Sometimes 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.

  Hildegard of Bingen

  Song, Thinking, Soul

• Holy Spirit, the life that gives life: You are the cause of all movement. You are the breath of all creatures. You are the salve that purifies our souls. You are the ointment that heals our wounds. You are the fire that warms our hearts. You are the light that guides our feet. Let all the world praise you.

  Hildegard of Bingen

  Heart, Healing, Light

• The soul is kissed by God in its innermost regions. With interior yearning, grace and blessing are bestowed. It is a yearning to take on God's gentle yoke, It is a yearning to give one's self to God's Way.

  Hildegard of Bingen

  Blessing, Self, Giving

• Our souls should be like a transparent crystal through which God can be perceived.

  Hildegard of Bingen

  Soul, Crystals, Should

• 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.

  Hildegard of Bingen

  Inspirational, Air, Giving

• The soul is kissed by God in its innermost regions.

  Hildegard of Bingen

  God, Soul, Regions

• 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.

  Hildegard of Bingen

  Mirrors, Soul, Body

  Hildegard of Bingen (1998). “The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen : Volume II”, p.22, Oxford University Press, USA

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