Quotes by Eckhart, Meister

To be sure, this requires effort and love, a careful cultivation of th >>

If God gave the soul his whole creation she would not be filled thereb >>

To be right, a person must do one of two things: either he must learn >>

Quotations about Self-knowledge

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy. >>

Know they thyself, presume not God to scan. The proper study of mankin >>

Know thyself. >>

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.

Eckhart, Meister