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
funny god home
God is at home, it's we who have gone out for a walk.
soul doe subtraction
The soul does not grow by addition but by subtraction.
letting-go memories angel
The only thing that burns in hell is the part of you that won't let go of your life: your memories, your attachments. They burn them all away, but they're not punishing you, they're freeing your soul. If you're frightened of dying and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. If you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels freeing you from the earth.
rivers dams
God is a great underground river that no one can dam up and no one can stop.
heart garden peaceful
God wants nothing from you but the gift of a peaceful heart.
moving causes increase
In this breaking-through, I receive that God and I are one. Then I am what I was, and then I neither diminish nor increase, for I am then an immovable cause that moves all things.
god creation stillness
Nothing in all creation is so like God as stillness.
sympathy depression light
Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.
god disappointment eye
The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me; my eye and God's eye are one eye, one seeing, one knowing, one love.
life moving-on business
The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.
meditation advice needs
He who would be serene and pure needs but one thing, detachment.
all-time ready gift-from-god
Be ready at all times for the gifts of God, and always for new ones.
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.
The more we have the less we own.