--- title: "16 Should Quotes By Meister Eckhart" description: "16 Should quotes by Meister Eckhart. Plus more from Meister Eckhart and more Should sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dc/meister-eckhart-1044_acquire_that-which-a-man-acquires-by-contemplati_674771.jpg" --- > [That which a man acquires by contemplation he should spend in love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/that-which-a-man-acquires-by-contemplation-he-should-spend-in-love/) [Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dc/meister-eckhart-1044_acquire_that-which-a-man-acquires-by-contemplati_674771.jpg) > [People should not worry so much about what they do but rather about what they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/people-should-not-worry-so-much-about-what-they-do-but-rather-about/) [Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/301/meister-eckhart-1044_fear_people-should-not-worry-so-much-about-wh_378155.jpg) > [God expects but one thing of you, and that is that you should come out of yourself in so far as you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/god-expects-but-one-thing-of-you-and-that-is-that-you-should-come-out/) [Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05a/meister-eckhart-1044_god_god-expects-but-one-thing-of-you-and-tha_1707865.jpg) > [One must not always think so much about what one should do, but rather what one should be. Our works do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/one-must-not-always-think-so-much-about-what-one-should-do-but-rather/) [Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40d/meister-eckhart-1044_should_one-must-not-always-think-so-much-about_913069.jpg) > [People should think less about what they ought to do and more about what they ought to be. If only their being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/people-should-think-less-about-what-they-ought-to-do-and-more-about/) [Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/921/meister-eckhart-1044_action_people-should-think-less-about-what-they_335940.jpg) > [The knower and the known are one. Simple people imagine that they should see God as if he stood there and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/the-knower-and-the-known-are-one-simple-people-imagine-that-they/) [Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df6/meister-eckhart-1044_imagine_the-knower-and-the-known-are-one-simple_1022974.jpg) > [We are celebrating the feast of the Eternal Birth which God the Father has borne and never ceases to bear in all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/we-are-celebrating-the-feast-of-the-eternal-birth-which-god-the/) [Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/068/meister-eckhart-1044_birth_we-are-celebrating-the-feast-of-the-eter_1710494.jpg) > [I have often said that a person who wishes to begin a good life should be like one who draws a circle.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/i-have-often-said-that-a-person-who-wishes-to-begin-a-good-life/) [Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/239/meister-eckhart-1044_be-good_i-have-often-said-that-a-person-who-wish_2522429.jpg) > [People should not worry as much about what they do but rather about what they are. If they and their ways are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/people-should-not-worry-as-much-about-what-they-do-but-rather-about/) [Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e92/meister-eckhart-1044_deeds_people-should-not-worry-as-much-about-wh_1898644.jpg) > [People should not worry as much about what they do but rather about what they are. If they and their ways are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/people-should-not-worry-as-much-about-what-they-do-but-rather-about-2/) [Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dc/meister-eckhart-1044_deeds_people-should-not-worry-as-much-about-wh_2644732.jpg) > [A man should orient his will and all his works to God and having only God in view go forward unafraid, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/a-man-should-orient-his-will-and-all-his-works-to-god-and-having-only/) [Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a66/meister-eckhart-1044_chance_a-man-should-orient-his-will-and-all-his_2673726.jpg) > [If I had a friend and loved him because of the benefits which this brought me and because of getting my own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/if-i-had-a-friend-and-loved-him-because-of-the-benefits-which-this/) [Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/190/meister-eckhart-1044_accounts_if-i-had-a-friend-and-loved-him-because_2099069.jpg) > [Though one should live through all the time from Adam and all the time to come before the judgment day doing good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/though-one-should-live-through-all-the-time-from-adam-and-all-the/) [Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8e/meister-eckhart-1044_adam_though-one-should-live-through-all-the-t_1727732.jpg) > [It is a fair trade and an equal exchange: to the extent that you depart from things, thus far, no more and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/it-is-a-fair-trade-and-an-equal-exchange-to-the-extent-that-you/) [Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02c/meister-eckhart-1044_all-things_it-is-a-fair-trade-and-an-equal-exchange_1154606.jpg) > [To be sure, our mental processes often go wrong, so that we imagine God to have gone away. What should be done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/to-be-sure-our-mental-processes-often-go-wrong-so-that-we-imagine-god/) [Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/866/meister-eckhart-1044_advice_to-be-sure-our-mental-processes-often-go_256764.jpg) > [My children, mark me. I pray you. Know! God loves my soul so much that his very life and being depend upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/my-children-mark-me-i-pray-you-know-god-loves-my-soul-so-much-that/) [Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c00/meister-eckhart-1044_absolute-truth_my-children-mark-me-i-pray-you-know-god_1721529.jpg) ## Other authors on Should ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/should/meister-eckhart/#itemlist", "name": "16 Should Quotes By Meister Eckhart", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "That which a man 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I should love my friend on account of his own goodness and virtues and account of all that he is in himself. 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