German - Philosopher | 1260 - 1328
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.
Meister Eckhart
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What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.
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A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we don't know ourselves! Why, thirty or forty skins or hides, as thick and hard as an ox's or bear's, cover the soul. Go into your own ground and learn to know yourself there.
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You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion.
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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.
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He who would be serene and pure needs but one thing, detachment.
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One person who has mastered life is better than a thousand persons who have mastered only the contents of books, but no one can get anything out of life without God.
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What a man takes in by contemplation, that he pours out in love.
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The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.
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The more we have the less we own.
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Do exactly what you would do if you felt most secure.
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All God wants of man is a peaceful heart.
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