To seek God by rituals is to get the ritual and lose God in the process Meister Eckhart More Quotes by Meister Eckhart More Quotes From Meister Eckhart If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. Meister Eckhart thank-youinspirationallife The most important hour is always the present. Meister Eckhart hoursimportantsitting And suddenly you know: It's time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings. Meister Eckhart new-beginningsmagicsomething-new What good is it to me that Mary gave birth to the son of God fourteen hundred years ago, and I do not also give birth to the Son of God in my time and in my culture? We are all meant to be mothers of God. God is always needing to be born. Meister Eckhart motherpeaceson The only thing that burns in hell is the part of you that won't let go of your life: your memories, your attachments. Meister Eckhart angelletting-gomemories What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action. Meister Eckhart soilexcellenceaction The most powerful prayer, one well-nigh omnipotent, and the worthiest work of all is the outcome of a quiet mind. The quieter it is the more powerful, the worthier, the deeper, the more telling and more perfect the prayer is. To the quiet mind all things are possible. What is a quiet mind? A quiet mind is one which nothing weighs on, nothing worries, which, free from ties and from all self-seeking, is wholly merged into the will of God and dead to its own. Meister Eckhart powerfultiesprayer 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 be-preparedfaithgiving For the person who has learned to let go and let be, nothing can ever get in the way again. Meister Eckhart personsletting-goway Become aware of what is in you. Announce it, pronounce it, produce it, and give birth to it. Meister Eckhart birthawarenessgiving Theologians may quarrel, but the mystics of the world speak the same language. Meister Eckhart languagemayworld There is a huge silence inside each of us that beckons us into itself, and the recovery of our own silence can begin to teach us the language of heaven. Meister Eckhart recoverysilenceheaven Be willing to be a beginner every single morning. Meister Eckhart good-morningnew-beginningsgood-day Spirituality is not to be learned by flight from the world, or by running away from things, or by turning solitary and going apart from the world. Rather, we must learn an inner solitude wherever or with whomsoever we may be. We must learn to penetrate things and find God there. Meister Eckhart solitudespiritualrunning Treat all things as if they were loaned to you without any ownership - whether body or soul, sense or strength, external goods or honors, house or hall . . . everything. Meister Eckhart strengthsoulhouse Apprehend God in all things, for God is in all things. Every single creature is full of God and is a book about God. Every creature is a word of God. Meister Eckhart word-of-godanimalbook The more deeply we are our true selves, Meister Eckhart true-selfself Jesus went into the temple and boldly drove out those that bought and sold. And when all was cleared, there was nobody left but Jesus. Observe this, for it is the same with us: when he is alone he is able to speak in the temple of the soul. Meister Eckhart soulhomejesus Existence itself stands in need of nothing, for it lacks nothing, whereas everything else needs it, because outside of it there is nothing. Nothingness stands in need of existence, as a sick man lacks health and is in need. Health has no need of a sick man. To want nothing, therefore, characterizes the highest perfection, is fullest and purest existence. Meister Eckhart sickperfectionmen The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake. Meister Eckhart moving-onbusinesslife
