Meister Eckhart Quotes

Spirituality is not to be learned by flight from the world, or by running away from things, or by turning solitary and going apart from the world. Rather, we must learn an inner solitude wherever or with whomsoever we may be. We must learn to penetrate things and find God there.

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

What good is it to me that Mary gave birth to the son of God fourteen hundred years ago, and I do not also give birth to the Son of God in my time and in my culture? We are all meant to be mothers of God. God is always needing to be born.

A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we don’t know ourselves! Why, thirty or forty skins or hides, as thick and hard as an ox’s or bear’s, cover the soul. Go into your own ground and learn to know yourself there.

The most important hour is always the present.
The most significant person is precisely the one sitting across from you right now.
The most necessary work is always love.

If God gave the soul his whole creation she would not be filled thereby but only with himself.

What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.

God is at home, it’s we who have gone out for a walk.

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.

And suddenly you know: It’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.

All God wants of man is a peaceful heart.

Do exactly what you would do if you felt most secure.

Above all else, know this: Be prepared at all times for the gifts of God and be ready always for new ones. For God is a thousand times more ready to give than we are to receive

The outward work will never be puny if the inward work is great.