Meister Eckhart Spiritual Quotes — Page 11

Meister Eckhart

Theologian, Philosopher

Spiritual

“God does not work in all hearts alike, but according to the preparation and sensitivity He finds in each.”

Heart Doe Preparation

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Meister Eckhart

Theologian, Philosopher

Spiritual

“There is something in the soul that is so akin to God that it is one with Him... It has nothing in common with anything created.”

Soul Common

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Spiritual

“No one is forgotten. It is a lie, any talk of God that does not comfort you.”

Lying Spiritual

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Spiritual

“As long as I am this or that, I am not all things.”

Long All Things

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Spiritual

“I am as sure as I live that nothing is so near to me as God. God is nearer to me than I am to myself; my existence depends on the nearness and the presence of God.”

Existence Depends Presence Of God

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Spiritual

“The soul loves the body. And consider too how it is that the body is more in the soul than the soul is in the body.”

Soul Body

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Spiritual

“Whoever has God truly as a companion, is with him in all places, both on the streets, and among people, as well as in church, or in the desert or in a monastic cell...Why is this so? It is so because such a person possesses God alone, keeping their gaze fixed upon God, and thus all things become God for him or her. Such people be a God in all their deeds and in all the places they go, and it is God alone who is the author of all their deeds.”

People Church Cells

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Spiritual

“The Ultimate and Highest leave taking is leaving God for GOD, leaving your notion of God for an Experience of That which transcends all notions.”

Leaving Ultimate Notion

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Spiritual

“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.”

Heart Inspirational Soul

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Spiritual

“The seed of God is in us. If the seed had a good, wise and industrious cultivator, it would thrive all the more and grow up to God whose seed it is, and the fruit would be equal to the nature of God. Now the seed of a pear tree grows into a pear tree, a hazel seed into a hazel tree, and the seed of God into God.”

Christian Wise Growing Up

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Spiritual

“When I think of God's Kingdom, I am compelled to be silent because of its immensity, because God's Kingdom is none other than God himself with all His riches.”

Thinking Kingdoms Riches

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Spiritual

“Let God work in you, give the work to God, and have peace. Don't worry if He works through your nature or above your nature, because both are His, nature and grace.”

Giving Worry Letting Go

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Meister Eckhart — Spiritual Quotes

Meister Eckhart Quotes