All Meister Eckhart Quotes
- Truth is something so noble that if God could turn aside from it, I could keep the truth and let God go. Aside
- To seek God by rituals is to get the ritual and lose God in the process God
- Whether you like it or not, whether you know it or not, secretly all nature seeks God and works toward [God]. All
- He who can make distinction in God without number or quantity, knows that the three persons of the Trinity are one God. Distinction
- Be ready at all times for the gifts of God, and always for new ones. All
- God is like a person who clears his throat while hiding and so gives himself away. God lies in wait for us with nothing so… Away God
- Know that when you seek anything of your own, you will never find God, because you do not seek God purely. You are seeking something… Acting
- What good is it that Christ was born [2,000] years ago if he is not born now in your heart? Ago
- God is at his greatest when I am at my least. Funny
- You need seek God neither below or above.He is no farther away than the door of the heart. Door
- The seed of God is in us. If the seed had a good, wise and industrious cultivator, it would thrive all the more and grow… All
- 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 the… All
- It is not by your actions that you will be saved, but by your being. Action
- .... all blades of grass, wood, and stone, all things are One. All
- A free mind is one which is untroubled and unfettered by anything, which has not bound its best part to any particular manner of being… Any
- I have often said that a person who wishes to begin a good life should be like one who draws a circle. Let him or… Begin
- Your own efforts "did not bring it to pass," only God-but rejoice if God found a use for your efforts in His work. Bring
- If we seek God for our own good and profit, we are not seeking God. God
- To be sure, our mental processes often go wrong, so that we imagine God to have gone away. What should be done then? Do exactly… Advice
- There is no stopping place in this life--nor is there ever one for any person, no matter how far along the way one's gone. Along
- I have a capacity in my soul for taking in God entirely. I am as sure as I live that nothing is so near to… Capacity
- The man who has submitted his will and purposes entirely to God, carries God with him in all his works and in all circumstances. All
- A pure heart is one that is unencumbered, unworried, uncommitted and which does not want its own way about anything but which, rather, is submerged… Doe
- Nature's intent is neither food, nor drink, nor clothing, nor comfort, nor anything else in which God is left out. Whether you like it or… Anything Else
- Only those to whom God is present in everything and who employ their reason in the highest degree and have true enjoyment in it know… Degree