Meister Eckhart

Theologian, Mystic German 1260 – 1328

Medieval Christian mystic; influenced contemplative spirituality.

377 quotes

"The soul's freedom is its most precious possession."
Freedom
"Gratitude transforms what we have into abundance."
Gratitude
"Death is not an end but a transformation."
Death
"Imagination is the bridge between what is and what could be."
Imagination
"Philosophy without practice is empty theory."
Philosophy
"Literature speaks to the eternal in all beings."
Literature
"Science reveals the patterns of divine creation."
Science
"War arises from the illusion of separation."
War
"Politics without ethics is tyranny."
Politics
"History repeats itself until we learn its lessons."
History
"Technology amplifies who we are, for better or worse."
Technology
"The strength to endure is the greatest strength."
Strength
"Fear is faith in the wrong outcome."
Fear
"Money is a tool, not a master."
Money
"Family bonds are spiritual connections given form."
Family
"Friendship is love with understanding added."
Friendship
"Success is becoming what you are meant to be."
Success
"The eye with which I see God is the same eye with which God sees me."
Faith
"Whoever finds peace within themselves, finds that all things work together for their good."
Peace
"God is not found in the soul by adding anything but by a process of subtraction."
Wisdom
"The more we have the less we own."
Money
"Time is what we use to measure the unmeasurable."
Time
"A person should be so poor that they are nothing, have nothing, and want nothing."
Freedom
"The shell must break before the bird can fly."
Change
"Knowledge is not found in books alone, but in the silence of the heart."
Knowledge
"What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall harvest in the action of our lives."
Creativity
"To be full of things is to be empty of God."
Faith
"The greatest prayer is patience."
Patience
"Man's last and highest leave-taking is letting go of God."
Philosophy
"Justice is not the virtue of the strong, but the acknowledgment of human dignity."
Justice