Great Throughts Treasury
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Hildegard of Bingen, also known as Saint Hildegard and Sibyl of the Rhine NULL
Writer, Composer, Philosopher, Christian Mystic, German Benedictine Abbess, Visionary and polymath
"The marvels of God are not brought forth from one’s self. Rather, it is more like a chord, a sound that is played. The tone does not come out of the chord itself, but rather, through the touch of the musician. I am, or course, the lyre and harp of God’s kindness."
"God created humankind so that humankind might cultivate the earthly and thereby create the heavenly."
"With nature’s help, humankind can set into creation all that is necessary and life sustaining. Everything in nature, the sum total of heaven and earth, becomes a temple and an altar for the service of God."
"The world stands for the body, but the symphony stands for the spirit."
"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."
"Love abounds in all things,excels from the depths to beyond the stars,is lovingly disposed to all things. She has given the king on high the kiss of peace."