Meister Eckhart
Meister Eckhart
Eckhart von Hochheim O.P., commonly known as Meister Eckhart , was a German theologian, philosopher and mystic, born near Gotha, in the Landgraviate of Thuringia in the Holy Roman Empire...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryGermany
God is not good, or else he could do better.
creatures
God is equally near in all creatures.
soul spirituality eternity
The soul is created in a place between Time and Eternity: with its highest powers it touches Eternity, with its lower Time.
knowing
God is intelligence occupied with knowing itself.
men use available
The greatest power available to man is not to use it.
men understanding mere
When a man sees the one in all things, he is above mere understanding.
Between God and Me there is no 'Between'.
giving birth awareness
Become aware of what is in you. Announce it, pronounce it, produce it, and give birth to it.
birth all-things
To grasp God in all things--this is the sign of your new birth.
ego way cost
To the extent that you eliminate ego from your activities, God comes into them - but no more and no less. Begin with that, and let it cost you your uttermost. In this way, and no other, is true peace to be found.
religion
We shall find God in everything alike, and find God always alike in everything.
god men hands
Man goes far away or near but God never goes far-off; he is always standing close at hand, and even if he cannot stay within he goes no further than the door.
fighting men thinking
A man should orient his will and all his works to God and having only God in view go forward unafraid, not thinking, am I right or am I wrong? One who worked out all the chances before starting his first fight would never fight at all. And if, going to someplace, we must think how to set the front foot down, we shall never get there. It is our duty to do the next thing: go straight on, that is the right way.
source made
Things are all made from nothing; hence their true source is nothing.