114 result(s) for Meister Eckhart Quotes.
"The more we have, the more we are occupied. The less we have, the more free we are."
"The soul is most like God when it is most at rest."
"Do not be satisfied with the answers you have; instead, seek those things that truly kindle passion in your soul."
"The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself."
"The timeless in you is aware of life’s timelessness."
"You should be in joy, even if it is just a little. Joy is always just outside the door."
"If you want to be certain of your direction, do not ask the path, ask the heart."
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"In the stillness of the mind, it is possible to communicate with God."
"When the soul knows what it wants, it can have everything."
"Out of the fullness of the heart, the mouth speaks."
"God is in the world as a knowing, and God in the soul is a knowing—all self-knowing is knowing of God."
"Man’s greatest happiness comes from his greatest freedom."
"True prayer is neither mental nor vocal but is rather a pure intention of the heart."
"In the depths of the soul, God plays a game of hide and seek."
"What good is it to have a thousand thoughts, if only one truly matters?"
"The light of the world is in the heart of man."
"Anxiety is the greatest enemy of the soul."
"The essence of all knowledge is self-knowledge."
"There is no greater miracle than that which occurs within ourselves."
"Let us go into the stillness, where God is."
"Nothing in this world can be truer than love—neither in God nor man."
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"The soul grows and becomes like that which it contemplates."
"The only thing that ultimately matters is whether or not you are in love."
"You need to let the soul carry you where you want to go."
"God is at home; it is we who have gone out for a walk."
"The eye with which I see God is the eye with which God sees me."
"Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it."
"The greatest thing is to be empty and open, so that you can be filled."
"To seek God, to find God, is to lose God."
"There is a deep interior reality in which God is both the way and the goal."
"In the soul of every human being there is an innate knowledge of God."
"To know God is to know that you cannot know God."
"What a man takes in by contemplation, that he pours out in love."
"When the soul wants to experience something, she throws out an image in front of her and steps into it."
"The birthplace of happiness is always within."
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"All we can do is make the effort. The accomplishment is in God’s hands."
"The true religion is to live in your own being and find God therein."
"The very best of who you are is the fruit of divine presence within you."
"God is the depth of our soul, and we are only able to find him within."
"Be prepared to be surprised and amazed at life and its unfolding."
"Love is the groundwork of being, the basis, the blueprint of creation."
"Before you can speak, you must listen to the silence."
"The spiritual life is not a life of departure, but a life rooted deeply in oneself."
"True enlightenment is found in humility and simplicity."
"Only the humble can recognize God's grace in their lives."
"The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears."
"To be at one with God is the highest joy."
"There is a light that shines in every human being."
"There is no greater temptation than in the field of religion."
"Be willing to be a beginner every single morning."
"The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart."
"The most powerful thing we can do is to love one another."
"True peace is beyond all understanding; it comes from a state of being beyond thought."
"Life is not about what happens to you, but how you deal with what happens to you."
"Compassion is the ultimate expression of your highest self."
"The more we accept the moment as it is, the more we can find peace."
"What you seek is seeking you."
"A quiet mind is all you need. All else will come to you."
"You must be able to see God in everything you do."
"The soul is waiting for the harvest of love."
"In photographers, we see the eye of the heart."
"Nothing is more important than the love of God."
"The essence of all religions is the same, which is to love God and to love one another."
"As long as you are pressured by trouble, you own nothing."
"The only thing that burns in hell is the sin that is unrepented."
"God is not found in the soul by adding anything but by a process of subtraction."
"The outward man is the shimmering image of the inward man."
"If you take love, you take God, and without love, you cannot take God."
"A man can only be himself, and the eye of God is in each of us."
"The great thing is to be able to see God in all things."
"He who would be truly great must have a heart that is great."
"The more a man becomes like God, the more he becomes himself."
"In the stillness of the heart, God speaks."
"We are all meant to be mothers of God, for God is always needing to be born."
"Only the hand that erases can write the true thing."
"All creatures are accents of God's Word."
"The fruit of love is service, which is compassion in action."
"There is a place in the soul where we are all one."
"A soul finds its true value only when it looks with a pure eye into God."
"God is the essence of all beings."
"The silence of the heart is where God speaks."
"One can only come to God through the heart."
"God is closer to me than I am to myself."
"Men must seek God, and the way to Him is through the heart."
"The soul’s deepest secrets unfold in the darkness of prayer."
"You may call God love; you may call God goodness. However, it is all the same."
"The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake."
"The soul is the servant of God, and the soul sees God in the light of God."
"There is nothing in this world that can travel as fast as a word that is said."
"The kingdom of God is within you."
"Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom."
"What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action."
"If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough."
"The eye with which I see God is the same eye with which God sees me."
"True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less."
"Every creature is a word of God."
"The soul is a source of infinite possibility."
"To break through the heaviness of self, you must learn to die."
"God is not found in the soul; He is the soul."
"If you want to be more, do not wait, act."
"The only thing that is ever going to be good enough for God is God."
"Every great man is a great listener."
"You cannot be spiritual without being personal."
"The great thing about the soul is that it knows no limitations."
"To work is to pray."
"Idealists are in a way more practical than realists."
"Whatever good you do, do it with all your heart."
"Only the man who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others."
"The best thing you can do is to enlighten your own soul."
"You must be willing to get rid of the life you've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for you."
"Wisdom is the most important of all treasures."
"There is nothing so great or so beautiful as a whole soul."
"You cannot understand anything you hear unless you understand it in your own heart."
"In every being, God is hidden."
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