A man should orient his will and all his works to God and having only God in view go forward unafraid, not thinking, “Am I right or am I wrong?” One who worked out all the chances before starting his first fight would never fight at all. And if, going to someplace, we must think how to set the front […]
Meister Eckhart Quote – “He who seeks and finds not, he alone finds…”
Saint Augustine cries, “Lord I cannot love you, but come in and love yourself in me.” According to Saint Paul, we must put off our own natural form and put on the form of God, and Saint Augustine tells us to discard our own mode of nature. Then the divine nature will flow in and be revealed. Saint Augustine says, […]
Meister Eckhart Quote – “Crossing over time into the now…”
Though one should live through all the time from Adam and all the time to come before the judgment day doing good works, yet he who, energizing in his highest, purest part, crosses from time to eternity, verily in the sight of God this man conceives and does far more than anyone who lives throughout all past and future time, […]
Meister Eckhart Quotes – “God is not attained by a process of addition…”
God is not attained by a process of addition to anything in the soul, but by a process of subtraction. Meister Eckhart (circa 1260 – 1328)
Meister Eckhart Quote – “The most powerful prayer…”
The most powerful prayer, one well-nigh omnipotent and the worthiest work of all, is the outcome of a quiet mind. The quieter it is the more powerful, the worthier, the deeper, the more telling and more perfect the prayer is. To the quiet mind all things are possible. What is a quiet mind? A quiet mind is one which nothing […]
Meister Eckhart Quote – “The eye by which I see God…”
The eye by which I see God is the same as the eye by which God sees me. My eye and God’s eye are one and the same. Meister Eckhart (circa 1260 – 1328)
Meister Eckhart Quote – “Start first with yourself…”
Start first with yourself and abandon yourself. Truly, if you won’t first leave yourself, wherever you may go you will find obstacles and war, anywhere. They who seek peace in external things — in places or in ways and methods, in persons or works, in monasticism or isolation, in poverty or humility, in anything, however great that might be — […]
Meister Eckhart Quote – “The soul’s quest of God comes by…”
Origen says the soul’s quest of God comes by self-observation. If she knew herself she would know God also. Meister Eckhart (circa 1260 – 1328)
George Eastman Quote – “What we do during our working hours…”
What we do during our working hours determines what we have. What we do in our leisure hours determines what we are. George Eastman (1854 – 1932)
Rabia of Basra Quote – “I was born when all I once feared…”
I was born when all I once feared, I could love. Rabia of Basra (713 – 801)