People should not worry as much about what they do but rather about what they are. If they and their ways are good, then their deeds are radiant. If you are righteous, then what you do will also be righteous. We should not think that holiness is based on what we do but rather on what we are, for it is not our works which sanctify us but we who sanctify our works.
Meister EckhartThere is in the soul a something in which God dwells, and there is in the soul a something in which the soul dwells in God.
Meister EckhartA life of rest and peace in God is good; a life of pain lived in patience is still better; but to have peace in a life of pain is best of all.
Meister EckhartYour own efforts "did not bring it to pass," only God-but rejoice if God found a use for your efforts in His work.
Meister Eckhart