Quotes from Meister Eckhart

That which a man acquires by contemplation he should spend in love.

This much is certain: when a man is happy, happy to the core and root of beatitude, he is no longer conscious of himself or anything else.

The most important hour is always the present. The most significant person is precisely the one sitting across from you right now. The most necessary work is always love.

The very best and noblest attainment in this life is to be silent and let God work and speak within. Therefore it is said: 'In the midst of silence the secret word was spoken to me'.

The outward work can never be small if the inward one is great, and the outward work can never be great or good if the inward is small or of little worth.

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

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.

Let God operate in thee; Hand the work over to Him and do not disquiet thyself as to whether or no He is working with nature or above nature, for His are both nature and grace.

If we keep our eyes fixed on God alone, then truly he must work in us and nothing, neither the crowd nor any place can hinder him in this.

Your own efforts "did not bring it to pass," only God-but rejoice if God found a use for your efforts in His work.

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

Our best chance of finding God is to look in the place where we left him.

The more we have the less we own.

What good is it that Christ was born [2,000] years ago if he is not born now in your heart?

This then is salvation - when we marvel at the beauty of created things and praise their beautiful Creator.

All that the Eternal Father teaches and reveals is His being, His nature, and His Godhead, which He manifests to us in His Son, and teaches us that we are also His Son.

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, hank you, that would suffice.

Our bodily food is changed into us, but our spiritual food changes us into it.

You must learn an inner solitude, wherever or with whomsoever you may be. You must learn to penetrate things and find God there, to get a strong impression of God firmly fixed in your mind.

The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me; my eye and God's eye are one eye, one seeing, one knowing, one love.

And so, too, I speak of love: he who is held by it is held by the strongest of bonds, and yet the stress is pleasant. Moreover, he can sweetly bear all that happens to him. When one has found this bond, he looks for no other.

In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.

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.

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.