A life of rest and peace in God is good; a life of pain lived in patience is still better; but to… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
“If the only prayer you ever say in your whole life is "thank you," it will be enough.” — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
The very best and highest attainment in this life is to remain still and let God act and speak in you. — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 'thank you,' that would suffice — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
There is no stopping place in this life--nor is there ever one for any person, no matter how far along the way… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, hank you, that would suffice. — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
I am as sure as I live that nothing is so near to me as God. God is nearer to me than… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
I have often said that a person who wishes to begin a good life should be like one who draws a circle.… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
One person who has mastered life is better than a thousand persons who have mastered only the contents of books, but no… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
Now rejoice, all ye powers of my soul, that you are so united with God that no one may separate you from… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
“The only thing that burns in hell is the part of you that won't let go of your life: your memories, your… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
If anyone went on for a thousand years asking of life: 'Why are you living?' life, if it could answer, would only… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
To get at the core of God at his greatest, one must first get to the core of himself at his least,… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
Through the higher love the whole life of man is to be elevated from temporal selfishness to the spring of all love,… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
It is permissible to take life's blessings with both hands provided thou dost know thyself prepared in the opposite event to take… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
The only thing that burns in Hell is the part of you that won't let go of life, your memories, your attachments.… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
To be sure, our mental processes often go wrong, so that we imagine God to have gone away. What should be done… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
“In true obedience there should be no ‘I want this or that to happen’ or ‘I want this or that thing’ but… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
The only thing that burns in hell is the part of you that won't let go of your life: your memories, your… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
Existence itself stands in need of nothing, for it lacks nothing, whereas everything else needs it, because outside of it there is… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
“For this innermost reason you should perform all of your deeds without whys and wherefores. I say in truth, as long as… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
The very best and noblest attainment in this life is to be silent and let God work and speak within. Therefore it… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
God holds each of us by a string. When we sin, we cut the string. But God ties it up again, making a knot.… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share
When I think of God's Kingdom, I am compelled to be silent because of its immensity, because God's Kingdom is none other than God… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share
Whoever wants to receive the body of our Lord does not need to scrutinize what they are feeling at the time or how great… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share
Nothing will be able to hinder us, if we desire and seek God alone, and take pleasure in nothing else. — Meister Eckhart Copy Share
[W]e must come into a transformed knowing, an unknowing which comes not from ignorance but from knowledge. — Meister Eckhart Copy Share
One person who has mastered life is better than a thousand persons who have mastered only the contents of books, but no one can… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share
“But where is this true possession of God, whereby we really possess him, to be found? This real possession of God is to be… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share
The most powerful prayer, one well-nigh omnipotent, and the worthiest work of all is the outcome of a quiet mind. The quieter it is… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share
Our bodily food is changed into us, but our spiritual food changes us into it. — Meister Eckhart Copy Share
“Concerning this desert, Jeremiah writes: ‘I will lead my beloved into the wilderness and will speak to her in her heart’ (Hosea 2:14) .… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share
If the seal is pressed completely through the wax so that no wax remains without being impressed by the seal, then it becomes indistinguishably… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share
