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
symbols
Do not cling to the symbols, but get to the inner truth!
letting-go love-and-death dare
Only those who have dared to let go can dare to re-enter.
spiritual cost should
It is a fair trade and an equal exchange: to the extent that you depart from things, thus far, no more and no less, God enters into you with all that is his, as far as you have stripped yourself of yourself in all things. It is here that you should begin, whatever the cost, for it is here that you will find true peace, and nowhere else.
blessing hands opposites
It is permissible to take life's blessings with both hands provided thou dost know thyself prepared in the opposite event to take them just as gladly. This applies to food and friends and kindred, to anything God gives and takes away... As long as God is satisfied do thou rest content. If he is pleased to want something else of thee, still rest content.
first-love firsts god-love
The love by which we love God is the very same love with which God has first loved us.
letting-go worry giving
Let God work in you, give the work to God, and have peace. Don't worry if He works through your nature or above your nature, because both are His, nature and grace.
compassion firsts doe
Whatever God does, the first outburst is always compassion.
eye people inward
Some people want to see God with their eyes as they see a cow, and to love Him as they love a cow - for the milk and cheese and profit it brings them. This is how it is with people who love God for the sake of outward wealth or inward comfort. They do not rightly love God, when they love Him for their own advantage.
compassion soul knows
No-one knows what the soul is. But what we do know is, the soul is where God works compassion
god jesus men
Jesus might have said, I became man for you. If you do not become God for me, you wrong me.
god peace heart
All God wants of man is a peaceful heart.
love men contemplation
What a man takes in by contemplation, that he pours out in love.
soul steps want
When the Soul wants to experience something she throws out an image in front of her and then steps into it.
i-love-him benefits way
If I had a friend and loved him because of the benefits which this brought me and because of getting my own way, then it would not be my friend that I loved but myself. I should love my friend on account of his own goodness and virtues and account of all that he is in himself. Only if I love my friend in this way do I love him properly.