Author: Meister Eckhart

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Man goes far away or near but God never goes far-off; he is always standing close at hand, and even if he cannot stay within he goes no further than the door.

Man goes far away or near but God never goes far-off; he is always standing close at hand, and even if he cannot stay within he goes no further than the door.

- 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

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

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

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

- Meister Eckhart

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

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

- Meister Eckhart

The knower and the known are one. Simple people imagine that they should see God as if he stood there and they here. This is not so. God and I, we are one in knowledge.

The knower and the known are one. Simple people imagine that they should see God as if he stood there and they here. This is not so. God and I, we are one in knowledge.

- 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

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

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

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