Meister Eckhart Poems and Quotes

“If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.”

― Meister Eckhart

“ His divinity depends on His power to share Himself with whatever is able to receive Him. If He was not sharing Himself, He would not be God.”

― Meister Eckhart

 

“ God flows inside creatures, yet He remains untouched by all of them, He has no need of them whatsoever.”

― Meister Eckhart

“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, Sermons of Meister Eckhart

“ 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,

“Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.”

― Meister Eckhart

“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

“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. ”

― Meister Eckhart

“Some people prefer solitude. They say their peace of mind depends on this. Others say they would be better off in church. If you do well, you do well wherever you are. If you fail, you fail wherever you are. Your surroundings don’t matter. God is with you everywhere — in the market place as well as in seclusion or in the church. If you look for nothing but God, nothing or no one can disturb you. God is not distracted by a multitude of things. Nor can we be.”

― Meister Eckhart

“ The Apostles accepted joy and sorrow the same, thus, whatever they were suffering was for them sweet. They loved death exactly the same as life.”

― Meister Eckhart

“ Nothing impels God to any action but His love, and our deeds contribute nothing in order for God to give anything or to do anything for us.”

― Meister Eckhart

Poems by Meister Eckhart

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