German - Philosopher | 1260 - 1328
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
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There exists only the present instant... a Now which always and without end is itself new. There is no yesterday nor any tomorrow, but only Now, as it was a thousand years ago and as it will be a thousand years hence.
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The outward man is the swinging door; the inner man is the still hinge.
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God expects but one thing of you, and that is that you should come out of yourself in so far as you are a created being made and let God be God in you.
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Man goes far away or near but God never goes far-off; he is always standing close at hand, and even if he cannot stay within he goes no further than the door.
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To be full of things is to be empty of God. To be empty of things is to be full of God.
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God is at home, it's we who have gone out for a walk.
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The eye with which I see God is the same eye with which God sees me.
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The knower and the known are one. Simple people imagine that they should see God as if he stood there and they here. This is not so. God and I, we are one in knowledge.
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Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.
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When you are thwarted, it is your own attitude that is out of order.
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The outward work will never be puny if the inward work is great.
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