Meister Eckhart (circa 1260 – 1328), also known as Eckhart von Hochheim, was a German theologian, philosopher and mystic, born near Gotha, in the Landgraviate of Thuringia, now central Germany. Since the 19th century his work and philosophy has received renewed attention. He has acquired status as a great mystic within contemporary spirituality, as well as considerable interest from scholars situating him within the medieval scholastic and philosophical tradition.
Quotes by Meister Eckhart…
By humility, out of an enemy He has made a friend, which is more than to have created a new earth.
God is intelligence occupied with knowing itself.
Origen says the soul’s quest of God comes by self-observation. If she knew herself she would know God also.
All day long a little burro labors, sometimes with heavy loads on her back and sometimes just with worries about things that bother only burros. And worries, as we know, can be more exhausting than physical labor. Once in a while a kind monk comes to her stable and brings a pear, but more than that, he looks into the burro’s eyes and touches her ears and for a few seconds the burro is free and even seems to laugh, because love does that. Love frees.