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«The eye with which I see God is the same eye with which God sees me»
«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»
Author: Meister Eckhart
(Theologian, Writer)
| Keywords:
darkness, finds, in darkness, nearest, sorrow, The Light
«The outward man is the swinging door; the inner man is the still hinge.»
Author: Meister Eckhart
(Theologian, Writer)
| About:
Behavior,
Mankind
| Keywords:
hinge, hinge on, outward, swinging, swinging door
«To be full of things is to be empty of God. To be empty of things is to be full of God.»
«What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action»
Author: Meister Eckhart
(Theologian, Writer)
| About:
Action,
Vision
| Keywords:
contemplation, harvest, harvested, harvesting, harvests, plant, reap, reaps, soil, soiled, soiling, soils, The Harvest
«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.»
Author: Meister Eckhart
(Theologian, Writer)
| About:
Self awareness,
Soul
| Keywords:
cover, covering, coverings, depths, forty, go into, hides, ox, skins, thick, thick skin, thirty
«If you seek the kernel, then you must break the shell. An likewise, if you would know the reality of Nature, you must destroy the appearance, and the farther you go beyond the appearance, the nearer you will be to the essence.»
Author: Meister Eckhart
(Theologian, Writer)
| Keywords:
appearance, farther, kernel, kernels, likewise, nearer, shell
«If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 'thank you,' that would suffice»
«If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is 'thank you', it will be enough.»
«What a man takes in by contemplation, that he pours out in love.»
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