By humility, out of an enemy He has made a friend, which is more than to have created a new earth.
Meister EckhartThe 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'.
Meister EckhartThe human spirit must transcend number and break through multiplicity, and God will break through him; and just as He
Meister EckhartIf the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.
Meister EckhartYou may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion.
Meister EckhartThough one should live through all the time from Adam and all the time to come before the judgment day doing good works, yet he who, energising in his highest, purest part, crosses from time to eternity, verily in the sight of God this man conceives and does far more than anyone who lives throughout all past and future time, because this now includes the whole of time. One master says that in crossing over time into the now each power of the soul will surpass itself. . . .
Meister Eckhart