“If God told an angel to go to a tree and pluck caterpillars off it, the angel would be quite ready to do so, and it would be his happiness, if it were the will of God.” — 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
