Meister Eckhart quotes - page 4

Whoso will hear the wisdom of the Father must dwell deep, and abide at home, and be at unity with himself. (Meister Eckhart)
Unmovable disinterest brings man into likeness of God. View quote
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The most powerful prayer, one wellnigh omnipotent, and the worthiest work of all is the outcome of a quiet mind. View quote
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The man who abides in the will of God wills nothing else than what God is, and what He wills. View quote
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He knows God rightly who knows Him everywhere. View quote
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When God has sent his angel to me, then I know of a surety. ... When God sends his angel to the soul it becomes the one who knows for sure. View quote
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Now rejoice, all ye powers of my soul, that you are so united with God that no one may separate you from Him. View quote
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The authorities teach that next to the first emanation, which is the Son coming out of the Father, the angels are most like God. And it may well be true, for the soul at its highest is formed like God, but an angel gives a closer idea of Him. That is all an angel is: an idea of God. View quote
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A quiet mind is one which nothing weighs on, nothing worries, which, free from ties and from all self-seeking, is wholly merged into the will of God and dead to its own. View quote
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Grace is from God, and works in the depth of the soul whose powers it employs. It is a light which issues forth to do service under the guidance of the Spirit. View quote
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The aim of man is beyond the temporal - in the serene region of the everlasting Present. (Meister Eckhart)
There's a place in the soul where you've never been wounded. View quote
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Run into peace. View quote
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If a man had no more to do with God than to be thankful, that would suffice. View quote
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To be full of things is to be empty of God. To be empty of things is to be full of God. View quote
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Now rejoice, all ye powers of my soul, that you are so united with God that no one may separate you from Him. I cannot fully praise nor love Him therefore must I die, and cast myself into the divine void, till I rise from non-existence to existence. View quote
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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 the more powerful, the worthier, the deeper, the more telling and more perfect the prayer is. To the quiet mind all things are possible. What is a quiet mind? A quiet mind is one which nothing weighs on, nothing worries, which, free from ties and from all self-seeking, is wholly merged into the will of God and dead to its own. View quote
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The soul is created in a place between Time and Eternity with its highest powers it touches Eternity, with its lower Time. View quote
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Jesus might have said, ''I became man for you. If you do not become God for me, you wrong me.'' View quote
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Things are all made from nothing; hence their true source is nothing. View quote
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The seed of God is in us. Given an intelligent and hard-working farmer, it will thrive and grow up to God, whose seed it is and accordingly its fruits will be God-nature. Pear seeds grow into pear trees, nut seeds into nut trees, and God-seed into God. (Meister Eckhart)
The moral task of man is a process of spiritualization. All creatures are go-betweens, and we are placed in time that by diligence in spiritual business we may grow liker and nearer to God. The aim of man is beyond the temporal - in the serene region of the everlasting Present. View quote
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If you seek the kernel, then you must break the shell. An likewise, if you would know the reality of Nature, you must destroy the appearance, and the farther you go beyond the appearance, the nearer you will be to the essence. View quote
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To be right, a person must do one of two things either he must learn to have God in his work and hold fast to him there, or he must give up his work altogether. 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. View quote
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No-one knows what the soul is.. But what we do know is, the soul is where God works compassion. View quote
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