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title: "2 Grow God Quotes By Meister Eckhart"
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> [The seed of God is in us. Given an intelligent and hard-working farmer, it will thrive and grow up to God, whose seed it is; and accordingly its fruits will be God-nature. Pear seeds grow into pear trees, nut seeds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/the-seed-of-god-is-in-us-given-an-intelligent-and-hard-working-farmer/)

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

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> [The seed of God is in us. If the seed had a good, wise and industrious cultivator, it would thrive all the more and grow up to God whose seed it is, and the fruit would be equal to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/the-seed-of-god-is-in-us-if-the-seed-had-a-good-wise-and-industrious/)

[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/)

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

> [“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/)

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

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