The more you have, the more you are occupied. The more you o... - Meister Eckhart

"The more you have, the more you are occupied. The more you own, the more it will own you."

Meister Eckhart Power

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."

"Power without control is just destruction."

"Power is not about control, it's about influence"

"The world doesn't need me to be the hero. It just needs me to be dangerous."

"The claws come out when I need them to."