Meister Eckhart Quotes

"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."
-Meister Eckhart in Love quotes.

"If the only prayer you ever say in your whole life is 'thank you,' that would suffice."
-Meister Eckhart in Prayer quotes.

"Every creature is a word of God."
-Meister Eckhart

"Whoever possesses God in their being, has him in a divine manner, and he shines out to them in all things; for them all things taste of God and in all things it is God's image that they see."
-Meister Eckhart in God quotes.

"He who would be serene and pure needs but one thing, detachment."
-Meister Eckhart

"Only the hand that erases can write the true thing."
-Meister Eckhart

"No-one knows what the soul is.. But what we do know is, the soul is where God works compassion."
-Meister Eckhart in God quotes.

"In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity."
-Meister Eckhart in Silence quotes.

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

"The eye by which I see God is the same as the eye by which God sees me. My eye and God's eye are one and the same-one in seeing, one in knowing, and one in loving."
-Meister Eckhart