Above all else, know this: Be prepared at all times for the gifts of God and be ready always for new ones. For God is a thousand times more ready to give than we are to receive Meister Eckhart More Quotes by Meister Eckhart More Quotes From Meister Eckhart People who have let go of themselves are so pure that the world cannot harm them. Meister Eckhart letting-go people world A question arises regarding the angels who dwell with us, serve us and protect us, whether their joys are equal to those of the angels in heaven, or whether they are diminished by the fact that they protect and serve us. No, they are certainly not; for the work of the angels is the will of God, and the will of God is the work of the angels; their service to us does not hinder their joy nor their working. If God told an angel to go to a tree and pluck caterpillars off it, the angel would be quite ready to do so, and it would be his happiness, if it were the will of God. Meister Eckhart protect-and-serve angel heaven 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. Meister Eckhart god doors men 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. Meister Eckhart blessing opposites hands To get at the core of God at his greatest, one must first get to the core of himself at his least, for no one can know God who has not first known himself. This core is a simple stillness, which is unmoved itself but by whose immobility all things are moved and all receive life. Meister Eckhart simple spiritual firsts There is nothing so much like God in all the universe as silence. Meister Eckhart universe silence spiritual We are celebrating the feast of the Eternal Birth which God the Father has borne and never ceases to bear in all eternity... But if it takes not place in me, what avails it? Everything lies in this, that it should take place in me. Meister Eckhart bears father lying Stillness is where creativity and solutions are found. Meister Eckhart solutions creativity found A free mind is one which is untroubled and unfettered by anything, which has not bound its best part to any particular manner of being or worship and which does not seek its own interest in anything but is always immersed in God's most precious will. . . . There is no work which men and women can perform, however small, which does not draw from this its power and strength. Meister Eckhart freedom mind men God wants nothing from you but the gift of a peaceful heart. Meister Eckhart peaceful garden heart The outward work will never be puny if the inward work is great. Meister Eckhart inward ifs work God is bound to act, to pour himself out (into thee) as soon as ever he shall find thee ready. Meister Eckhart thee eternity truth Do not think that saintliness comes from occupation; it depends rather on what one is. The kind of work we do does not make us holy, but we may make it holy. Meister Eckhart occupation doe thinking The soul must long for God in order to be set aflame by God's love; but if the soul cannot yet feel the longing, then it must long for the longing. To long for the longing is also from God. Meister Eckhart soul order long The outward work can never be small if the inward one is great, and the outward work can never be great or good if the inward is small or of little worth. Meister Eckhart inward ifs littles God does not work in all hearts alike, but according to the preparation and sensitivity He finds in each. Meister Eckhart preparation doe heart Nobody at any time is cut off from God. Meister Eckhart cutting God is a great underground river that no one can dam up and no one can stop. Meister Eckhart dams rivers The now wherein God made the world is as near this time as the now I am speaking in this moment, and the last day is as near this now as was yesterday. Meister Eckhart philosophical yesterday world God holds each of us by a string. When we sin, we cut the string. But God ties it up again, making a knot. Each time our wrongdoing cuts the string, God ties another knot drawing us up closer to Him. Meister Eckhart knowing-who-you-are drawing cutting
