What one should be…
One must not always think so much about what one should do; but rather what one should be. Our works do not ennoble us, but we must ennoble our works.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
They don’t rightly love God…
Some people want to see God with their eyes as they see a cow, and to love Him as they love their cow – for the milk and cheese and profit it brings them. This is how it is with people who love God for the sake of outward wealth or inward comfort. They do not rightly love God, when they love Him for their own advantage.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
Neither time nor…
We feel an inkling of the perfection and stability of eternity, for there is neither time nor space, neither before nor after, but everything present in one new, fresh-springing now where millenniums last no longer than the twinkling of an eye.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
This is salvation…
This then is salvation – when we marvel at the beauty of created things and praise their beautiful Creator.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
In darkness one finds light…
Truly, it is in the darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
The quieter the mind…
The quieter the mind, the more powerful, the worthier, the deeper, the more telling and more perfect the prayer is.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
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