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. – Meister Eckhart
He who would be serene and pure needs but one thing, detachment. – Meister Eckhart
The more we have the less we own. – Meister Eckhart
If God gave the soul his whole creation she would not be filled thereby but only with himself. – Meister Eckhart
A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we dont know ourselves! Why, thirty or forty skins or hides, as thick and hard as an oxs or bears, cover the soul. Go into your own ground and learn to know yourself there. – Meister Eckhart
God is at home, its we who have gone out for a walk. – Meister Eckhart
The outward work will never be puny if the inward work is great. – Meister Eckhart
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
Words derive their power from the original word. – Meister Eckhart
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. – Meister Eckhart
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. – Meister Eckhart
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. – Meister Eckhart
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. – Meister Eckhart
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. – Meister Eckhart
The eye with which I see God is the same eye with which God sees me. – Meister Eckhart
All God wants of man is a peaceful heart. – Meister Eckhart
To be full of things is to be empty of God. To be empty of things is to be full of God. – Meister Eckhart
Every creature is a word of God. – Meister Eckhart
You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion. – Meister Eckhart
When you are thwarted, it is your own attitude that is out of order. – Meister Eckhart
