--- title: "13 Way Quotes By Meister Eckhart" description: "13 Way quotes by Meister Eckhart. Plus more from Meister Eckhart and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e1/meister-eckhart-1044_ifs_think-more-about-who-you-are-and-less-ab_287706.jpg" --- > [Think more about who you are and less about what you do, for if you are just, your ways will be just.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/think-more-about-who-you-are-and-less-about-what-you-do-for-if-you/) [Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e1/meister-eckhart-1044_ifs_think-more-about-who-you-are-and-less-ab_287706.jpg) > [There is no stopping place in this life--nor is there ever one for any person, no matter how far along the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/there-is-no-stopping-place-in-this-life-nor-is-there-ever-one-for-any/) [Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40c/meister-eckhart-1044_gone_there-is-no-stopping-place-in-this-life_1368146.jpg) > [For the person who has learned to let go and let be, nothing can ever get in the way again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/for-the-person-who-has-learned-to-let-go-and-let-be-nothing-can-ever/) [Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d2/meister-eckhart-1044_learning_for-the-person-who-has-learned-to-let-go_2250388.jpg) > [A pure heart is one that is unencumbered, unworried, uncommitted and which does not want its own way about anything but which,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/a-pure-heart-is-one-that-is-unencumbered-unworried-uncommitted-and/) [Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cf/meister-eckhart-1044_doe_a-pure-heart-is-one-that-is-unencumbered_1700982.jpg) > [There are plenty to follow our Lord half-way, but not the other half. They will give up possessions, friends and honors, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/there-are-plenty-to-follow-our-lord-half-way-but-not-the-other-half/) [Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58e/meister-eckhart-1044_disown_there-are-plenty-to-follow-our-lord-half_2689613.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) > [To the extent that you eliminate ego from your activities, God comes into them - but no more and no less. Begin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/to-the-extent-that-you-eliminate-ego-from-your-activities-god-comes/) [Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24d/meister-eckhart-1044_activity_to-the-extent-that-you-eliminate-ego-fro_1394427.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) > [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) > [To be right, a person must do one of two things: either he must learn to have God in his work and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/to-be-right-a-person-must-do-one-of-two-things-either-he-must-learn/) [Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/450/meister-eckhart-1044_activity_to-be-right-a-person-must-do-one-of-two_1292562.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) > [God must act and pour himself into you the moment he finds you ready. Don't imagine that God can be compared to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/god-must-act-and-pour-himself-into-you-the-moment-he-finds-you-ready/) [Meister Eckhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meister-eckhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e24/meister-eckhart-1044_air_god-must-act-and-pour-himself-into-you-t_1194817.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/way/meister-eckhart/#itemlist", "name": "13 Way Quotes By Meister Eckhart", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Think more about who you 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Since, however, we cannot live without activities that are both human and various, we must learn to keep God I everything we do, and whatever the job or place, keep on with him, letting nothing stand in our way.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Meister Eckhart" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meister-eckhart/to-be-right-a-person-must-do-one-of-two-things-either-he-must-learn/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/450/meister-eckhart-1044_activity_to-be-right-a-person-must-do-one-of-two_1292562.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/450/meister-eckhart-1044_activity_to-be-right-a-person-must-do-one-of-two_1292562.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/450/meister-eckhart-1044_activity_to-be-right-a-person-must-do-one-of-two_1292562.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To be right, a person must do one of two things: either he must learn to have God in his work and hold fast…” — Meister Eckhart", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People should not worry as much about what they do but rather about what they are. If they and their ways are good, then their deeds are radiant. If you are righteous, then what you do will also be righteous. 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