Meister Eckhart

"The more you have, the more you are occupied with possessions."

"Patience is the highest kind of strength."

"All creatures are words of God spoken into existence."

"The soul grows by contraction and expansion."

"If you flee from suffering, you will always find it."

"Whatever you do, do it completely."

"Being is more noble than becoming."

"The highest form of prayer is listening without expectation."

"We ought to be so poor in spirit that we have nothing and own nothing."

"God flows into a pure soul as oil flows into an empty vessel."

"The moment of truth arrives when you surrender all striving."

"All creatures are loved equally by the divine."

"Stillness and silence are the voice of God."

"The smallest thing contains all things."

"To be empty is to be full of God."

"Happiness comes from desiring what you already have."

"The divine light shines in darkness but the darkness does not comprehend it."

"One should love creatures without clinging to them."

"Acts of justice speak louder than words of piety."

"The soul is created in one place, but it finds itself everywhere."

"To know oneself is to stand before God naked and unadorned."

"Compassion is the highest virtue of all."

"Struggle ceases when you accept what is."

"The divine seed grows best in barren soil."

"God is present in every moment, not in time."

"Creativity flows from a mind emptied of self."

"Truth needs no defender, it defends itself."

"The soul's deepest desire is union with the divine."

"Fear dissolves when you trust completely."

"All knowledge is self-knowledge in the end."