Thinking Quotes by Meister Eckhart

10 Thinking quotes by Meister Eckhart

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Meister Eckhart’s sayings about thinking distill centuries‑old mysticism into ten compact reflections. Though brief, each statement points toward deeper awareness, making this a handy starting point for anyone curious about his inner teachings.

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“Wisdom consists in doing the next thing you have to do, doing it with your whole heart, and finding delight in doing…

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Do not think that saintliness comes from occupation; it depends rather on what one is. The kind of work we do does…

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Think more about who you are and less about what you do, for if you are just, your ways will be just.

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One must not always think so much about what one should do, but rather what one should be. Our works do not…

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When I think of God's Kingdom, I am compelled to be silent because of its immensity, because God's Kingdom is none other…

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All that God asks you most pressingly is to go out of yourself - and let God be God in you'? One…

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This is my only and permanent complaint, that vulgar people, empty of the Spirit of God, want to judge solely by their…

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People should think less about what they ought to do and more about what they ought to be. If only their being…

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People should not worry as much about what they do but rather about what they are. If they and their ways are…

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A man should orient his will and all his works to God and having only God in view go forward unafraid, not…

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God holds each of us by a string. When we sin, we cut the string. But God ties it up again, making a knot.…

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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…

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Whoever wants to receive the body of our Lord does not need to scrutinize what they are feeling at the time or how great…

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Nothing will be able to hinder us, if we desire and seek God alone, and take pleasure in nothing else.

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[W]e must come into a transformed knowing, an unknowing which comes not from ignorance but from knowledge.

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I need to be silent for awhile, worlds are forming in my heart.

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One person who has mastered life is better than a thousand persons who have mastered only the contents of books, but no one can…

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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…

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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…

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If we seek God for our own good and profit, we are not seeking God.

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Our bodily food is changed into us, but our spiritual food changes us into it.

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“Concerning this desert, Jeremiah writes: ‘I will lead my beloved into the wilderness and will speak to her in her heart’ (Hosea 2:14) .…

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If the seal is pressed completely through the wax so that no wax remains without being impressed by the seal, then it becomes indistinguishably…

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Be ready at all times for the gifts of God, and always for new ones.

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