All Meister Eckhart Quotes
- Whatever God does, the first outburst is always compassion. Compassion
- [W]e must come into a transformed knowing, an unknowing which comes not from ignorance but from knowledge. From
- We are all meant to be mothers of God...for God is always needing to be born. All
- I am what I wanted and I want what I am. Inspirational
- I tell you the truth, any object you have in your mind, however good, will be a barrier between you and the inmost Truth. Any
- Theologians may quarrel, but the mystics of the world speak the same language. Language
- When the Soul wants to experience something she throws out an image in front of her and then steps into it. Experience
- And suddenly you know: It's time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings. Beginnings
- As long as I am this or that, I am not all things. All
- Even now one rarely hears of people achieving great things unless they first stumble in some respect. Achieve
- Knowledge comes through likeness. And so because the soul may know everything, it is never at rest until it comes to the original idea, in… All
- Love is the root of all joy and sorrow. All
- What good is it to me that Mary gave birth to the son of God fourteen hundred years ago, and I do not also give… Ago
- As long as I am this or that, or have this or that, I am not all things and I have not all things. Become… All
- The soul is created in a place between Time and Eternity: with its highest powers it touches Eternity, with its lower Time. Created
- To get at the core of God at his greatest, one must first get to the core of himself at his least, for no one… All
- You will have peace to the extent that you have God, and the further you are away from God the less you will be at… Extent
- Relation is the essence of everything that exists. Community
- God is at home; it is we who have gone for a walk. Belief
- All that God asks you most pressingly is to go out of yourself - and let God be God in you'? One could think that,… Affirms
- Gods gifts are meted out according to the taker, not according to the giver. According
- [...] Cause in eternity there's no yesterday or tomorrow, but only Now. Cause
- If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 'thank you,' that would suffice Life
- You must learn an inner solitude, wherever or with whomsoever you may be. You must learn to penetrate things and find God there, to get… Find
- The only thing that burns in Hell is the part of you that won't let go of life, your memories, your attachments. They burn them… All