Meister Eckhart

Theologian, Mystic German 1260 – 1328

Medieval Christian mystic; influenced contemplative spirituality.

377 quotes

"What we resist, persists; what we accept, transforms."
Change
"God cannot give you anything unless you have previously made room for it by emptiness and nakedness."
Faith
"The more you pursue happiness, the further it flees."
Happiness
"Work is love made visible in the world."
Work
"In true prayer, the soul forgets itself entirely."
Faith
"Every creature is a word spoken by God."
Nature
"The greatest knowledge is to know what we do not know."
Knowledge
"Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Kindness
"Life is a journey from forgetting to remembering who we truly are."
Life
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but fear transformed."
Courage
"The soul must become like a desert to receive the fullness of God."
Faith
"To understand one's own ignorance is the first step toward wisdom."
Wisdom
"God is closer to us than we are to ourselves."
Faith
"Gratitude is the heart's prayer."
Gratitude
"The power to change is always within you, waiting to be claimed."
Change
"Where there is love, there is no will to possess."
Love
"The deepest truth is often the simplest."
Truth
"Imagination is the bridge between the visible and invisible worlds."
Imagination
"Do not seek for the truth; simply cease to cherish opinions."
Wisdom
"The soul speaks in a language that has no words."
Philosophy
"Success is not measured by what you achieve, but by who you become."
Success
"Every moment is an opportunity to be born anew."
Hope
"In the darkness of not knowing, light begins to dawn."
Knowledge
"To love God is to love the ground of all being."
Faith
"Patience is the virtue of the strong and the ornament of the wise."
Patience
"The greatest teacher is humility."
Education
"What we give away multiplies; what we keep diminishes."
"Beauty is not what is seen but what moves the soul."
Beauty
"Fear is the chain that binds the spirit."
Fear
"In silence, the voice of God becomes clear."
Peace