Meister Eckhart Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Meister Eckhart quotes, Meister Eckhart sayings, and Meister Eckhart proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake. Meister Eckhart
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. Meister Eckhart
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. Meister Eckhart
Be willing to be a beginner every single morning. Meister Eckhart
Be willing to be a beginner every single morning. Meister Eckhart
The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me; my eye and God's eye are one eye, one seeing, one knowing, one love. Meister Eckhart
The bodily food we take is changed into us, but the spiritual food we receive changes us into itself; therefore divine love is not taken into us, for that would make two things. But divine love takes us into itself, and we are one with it. Meister Eckhart
Nothing in all creation is so like God as stillness. Meister Eckhart
The very best and utmost attainment in this life is to remain still and let God act and speak in Thee. Meister Eckhart
God does not work in all hearts alike, but according to the preparation and sensitivity He finds in each. Meister Eckhart
Theologians may quarrel, but the mystics of the world speak the same language. Meister Eckhart
If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough. Meister Eckhart
Become aware of what is in you. Announce it, pronounce it, produce it, and give birth to it. Meister Eckhart