Meister Eckhart Quotes

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• God wants nothing from you but the gift of a peaceful heart.
• In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.
• Grace pours all beauty into the soul ... The soul means the world.
• Above all else, know this: Be prepared at all times for the gifts of God and be ready always for new ones. For God is…
• Everything is meant to be lost, that the soul may stand in unhampered nothingness
• That's all an angel is....an idea of God.
• The soul at its highest is found like God, but an angel gives a closer idea of him. That is all an angel is: an…
• Action and becoming are one.
• There is no greater valor nor no sterner fight. He who would be what he ought to be must stop being what he is.
• No-one knows what the soul is. But what we do know is, the soul is where God works compassion
• People should think less about what they ought to do and more about what they ought to be. If only their being were good, their…
• Only those who have dared to let go can dare to re-enter.
• People should not worry so much about what they do but rather about what they are.
• The now wherein God made the world is as near this time as the now I am speaking in this moment, and the last day…
• God is nearer to me than I am to myself; He is just as near to wood and stone, but they do not know it.
• God is not found in the soul by adding anything but by a process of subtraction.
• 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…
• It is a fair trade and an equal exchange: to the extent that you depart from things, thus far, no more and no less, God…
• No one is forgotten. It is a lie, any talk of God that does not comfort you.
• The shell must be cracked apart if what is in it is to come out, for if you want the kernel you must break the…

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