Author: Meister Eckhart

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

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

- Meister Eckhart

You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion.

You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion.

- Meister Eckhart

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

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

- Meister Eckhart

God expects but one thing of you, and that is that you should come out of yourself in so far as you are a created being made and let God be God in you.

God expects but one thing of you, and that is that you should come out of yourself in so far as you are a created being made and let God be God in you.

- Meister Eckhart

Every creature is a word of God.

Every creature is a word of God.

- Meister Eckhart

One person who has mastered life is better than a thousand persons who have mastered only the contents of books, but no one can get anything out of life without God.

One person who has mastered life is better than a thousand persons who have mastered only the contents of books, but no one can get anything out of life without God.

- Meister Eckhart

Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.

Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.

- Meister Eckhart

Words derive their power from the original word.

Words derive their power from the original word.

- Meister Eckhart

What a man takes in by contemplation, that he pours out in love.

What a man takes in by contemplation, that he pours out in love.

- Meister Eckhart

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