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> [“How can we be directly in God, neither striving nor seeking for anything other than him, and how can we be so poor and give up everything? It is hard counsel that we should not desire any reward. Now be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/how-can-we-be-directly-in-god-neither-striving-nor-seeking-for/)

[Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/)

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## More by Meister Eckhart

> [God holds each of us by a string. When we sin, we cut the string. But God ties it up again, making a knot.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/god-holds-each-of-us-by-a-string-when-we-sin-we-cut-the-string-but/)

[Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/when-i-think-of-god-s-kingdom-i-am-compelled-to-be-silent-because-of/)

[Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/)

> [Action and becoming are one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/action-and-becoming-are-one/)

[Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/)

> [Whoever wants to receive the body of our Lord does not need to scrutinize what they are feeling at the time or how great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/whoever-wants-to-receive-the-body-of-our-lord-does-not-need-to/)

[Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/)

> [Nothing will be able to hinder us, if we desire and seek God alone, and take pleasure in nothing else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/nothing-will-be-able-to-hinder-us-if-we-desire-and-seek-god-alone-and/)

[Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/)

> [ \[W\]e must come into a transformed knowing, an unknowing which comes not from ignorance but from knowledge. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/w-e-must-come-into-a-transformed-knowing-an-unknowing-which-comes-not/)

[Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/)

> [I need to be silent for awhile, worlds are forming in my heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/i-need-to-be-silent-for-awhile-worlds-are-forming-in-my-heart/)

[Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/)

> [One person who has mastered life is better than a thousand persons who have mastered only the contents of books, but no one can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/one-person-who-has-mastered-life-is-better-than-a-thousand-persons/)

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> [“But where is this true possession of God, whereby we really possess him, to be found? This real possession of God is to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/but-where-is-this-true-possession-of-god-whereby-we-really-possess/)

[Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/the-most-powerful-prayer-one-well-nigh-omnipotent-and-the-worthiest/)

[Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/)

> [If we seek God for our own good and profit, we are not seeking God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/if-we-seek-god-for-our-own-good-and-profit-we-are-not-seeking-god/)

[Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/)

> [Our bodily food is changed into us, but our spiritual food changes us into it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/our-bodily-food-is-changed-into-us-but-our-spiritual-food-changes-us/)

[Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/)

> [“Concerning this desert, Jeremiah writes: ‘I will lead my beloved into the wilderness and will speak to her in her heart’ (Hosea 2:14) .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/concerning-this-desert-jeremiah-writes-i-will-lead-my-beloved-into/)

[Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/)

> [If the seal is pressed completely through the wax so that no wax remains without being impressed by the seal, then it becomes indistinguishably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/if-the-seal-is-pressed-completely-through-the-wax-so-that-no-wax/)

[Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/)

> [Be ready at all times for the gifts of God, and always for new ones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/be-ready-at-all-times-for-the-gifts-of-god-and-always-for-new-ones/)

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