Meister Eckhart

God expects but one thing of you, and that is that you should come out of yourself in so far read more

God expects but one thing of you, and that is that you should come out of yourself in so far as you are a created being made and let God be God in you.

In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.

In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.

All God wants of man is a peaceful heart.

All God wants of man is a peaceful heart.

Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.

Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.

A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but read more

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.