He who would be serene and pure needs but one thing, detachment. Meister Eckhart More Quotes by Meister Eckhart More Quotes From Meister Eckhart If you love yourself, you love everybody else as you do yourself. As long as you love another person less than you love yourself, you will not really succeed in loving yourself but if you love all alike, including yourself, you will love them as one person and that person is both God and man. Meister Eckhart loving-yourselflove-yourselfmen The seed of God is in us: Pear seeds grow into pear trees; Hazel seeds into hazel trees; And God seeds into God. Meister Eckhart pearsdivinitytree When the Soul wants to experience something she throws out an image in front of her and then steps into it. Meister Eckhart soulwantsteps Do exactly what you would do if you felt most secure. Meister Eckhart securefeltlife People should not worry so much about what they do but rather about what they are. Meister Eckhart philosophicalworrypeople It is in the darkness that one finds the light. Meister Eckhart grieflightdarkness 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. Meister Eckhart eyedisappointmentgod Compassion is where peace and justice kiss Meister Eckhart kissingcompassionjustice If we seek God for our own good and profit, we are not seeking God. Meister Eckhart seekingprofitgod God is not found in the soul by adding anything but by a process of subtraction. Meister Eckhart philosophicalsimplicitysoul The very best and noblest attainment in this life is to be silent and let God work and speak within. Therefore it is said: 'In the midst of silence the secret word was spoken to me'. Meister Eckhart silencesecretletting-go To be full of things is to be empty of God; to be empty of things is to be full of God. Meister Eckhart emptyemptinessgod The very best and highest attainment in this life is to Meister Eckhart speaklife-isletting-go 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. Meister Eckhart lightdepressionsympathy The eye with which I see God is the same eye with which God sees me. Meister Eckhart eyefaithgod Between God and Me there is no 'Between'. Meister Eckhart There exists only the present instant ... There is no yesterday nor any tomorrow, but only Now. Meister Eckhart instanttomorrowyesterday What does God do all day long? He gives birth. From the beginning of eternity, God lies on a maternity bed giving birth to all. God is creating this whole universe full and entire in this present moment. Meister Eckhart creatinglonglying You will have peace to the extent that you have God, and the further you are away from God the less you will be at peace... Thus you may measure your progress with God by measuring your peace or the lack of it. Meister Eckhart spiritualchristiangod The soul is created in a place between Time and Eternity: with its highest powers it touches Eternity, with its lower Time. Meister Eckhart eternitysoulspiritual
