A person should be so poor that he is not and has not a will... - Meister Eckhart

"A person should be so poor that he is not and has not a will wherein to accomplish the will of God."

Meister Eckhart Courage

Theologian, Mystic German 1260–1328

More from Meister Eckhart

"The eye with which I see God is the same eye with which God sees me."

"God is not found in the soul by adding anything but by a process of subtraction."

"Whoever finds himself loses himself."

"Man's last and highest leave-taking is leaving God for God."

"Never let fear stop you from chasing your dreams."

"Courage is being afraid but doing it anyway."

"Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do."

"Sometimes you have to be the monster to stop the monsters."