Things are all made from nothing; hence their true source is nothing. Meister Eckhart More Quotes by Meister Eckhart More Quotes From Meister Eckhart What our Lord did was done with the intent, and this alone, that he might be with us and we with him. Meister Eckhart donelordmight In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity. Meister Eckhart silenceintegritymen Only the hand that erases can write the true thing. Meister Eckhart truthwritinglife I am as sure as I live that nothing is so near to me as God. God is nearer to me than I am to myself; my existence depends on the nearness and the presence of God. Meister Eckhart dependspresence-of-godexistence All God wants of man is a peaceful heart. Meister Eckhart godheartpeace I have a capacity in my soul for taking in God entirely. I am as sure as I live that nothing is so near to me as God. Meister Eckhart soulcapacitygod God must act and pour himself into you the moment he finds you ready. Don't imagine that God can be compared to an earthly carpenter, who acts or doesn't act, as he wishes; who can will to do something or leave it undone, according to his pleasure. It is not that way with God: where and when God finds you ready, he must act and overflow into you, just as when the air is clear and pure, the sun must overflow into it and cannot refrain from doing that. Meister Eckhart airwishway 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. Meister Eckhart letting-goworrygiving Nothing in all creation is so like God as stillness. Meister Eckhart creationstillnessgod 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. Meister Eckhart costshouldspiritual The shell must be cracked apart if what is in it is to come out, for if you want the kernel you must break the shell. Meister Eckhart shellsbreakwant Only those who have dared to let go can dare to re-enter. Meister Eckhart saying-goodbyeletting-golove Whoever has God truly as a companion, is with him in all places, both on the streets, and among people, as well as in church, or in the desert or in a monastic cell...Why is this so? It is so because such a person possesses God alone, keeping their gaze fixed upon God, and thus all things become God for him or her. Such people be a God in all their deeds and in all the places they go, and it is God alone who is the author of all their deeds. Meister Eckhart cellschurchpeople Time is what keeps the light from reaching us. There is no greater obstacle to God than time: and not only time but temporalities, not only temporal things but temporal affections, not only temporal affections but the very taint and smell of time. Meister Eckhart smelllighttime The more we have the less we own. Meister Eckhart The human spirit must transcend number and break through multiplicity, and God will break through him; and just as He Meister Eckhart break-throughspiritnumbers This much is certain: when a man is happy, happy to the core and root of beatitude, he is no longer conscious of himself or anything else. Meister Eckhart consciousnessrootsmen Whatever God does, the first outburst is always compassion. Meister Eckhart compassiondoefirsts Nothing will be able to hinder us, if we desire and seek God alone, and take pleasure in nothing else. Meister Eckhart pleasureabledesire Whether you like it or not, whether you know it or not, secretly all nature seeks God and works toward [God]. Meister Eckhart you-like-itgodknows
