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Quote by Meister Eckhart

“We shall find God in everything alike, and find God always alike in everything.”

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German mystic philosopher, born in 1260 and died in 1328. His thoughts have had a profound impact on the world, and he is considered one of the most important representatives of medieval philosophy. more

“Now the Father draws us from the evil of sin to the goodness of His grace with the might of His measureless power, and He needs all the resources of His strength in order to convert sinners, more than when He was about to make heaven and earth, which He made with His own power without help from any creature. But when He is about to convert a sinner, He always needs the sinner's help. "He converts thee not without thy help," as St. Augustine says.”

Needs Made Helping Might Earth Order Evil Father Heaven Sin Grace Creatures Goodness Draws Resources Thee Sinner Heaven And Earth Augustine

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“All that the Eternal Father teaches and reveals is His being, His nature, and His Godhead, which He manifests to us in His Son, and teaches us that we are also His Son.”

Father Teach Son Eternal

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“Now rejoice, all ye powers of my soul, that you are so united with God that no one may separate you from Him. I cannot fully praise nor love Him therefore must I die, and cast myself into the divine void, till I rise from non-existence to existence.”

May Soul Dies United Existence Divine Praise Casts My Soul Void Rejoice Non Existence

Book:Meister Eckhart's Sermons

Source: Meister Eckhart's Sermons

“The Father and the Son have one Will, and that Will is the Holy Ghost, Who gives Himself to the soul so that the Divine Nature permeates the powers of the soul so that it can only do God-like works.”

Giving Soul Father Divine Son Holy Ghost Holy Ghost Divine Nature

Book:Meister Eckhart's Sermons

Source: Meister Eckhart's Sermons

“As God can only be seen by His own light, so He can only be loved by His own love.”

Light

Book:Meister Eckhart’s Sermons

Source: Meister Eckhart’s Sermons

“The moral task of man is a process of spiritualization. All creatures are go-betweens, and we are placed in time that by diligence in spiritual business we may grow liker and nearer to God. The aim of man is beyond the temporal - in the serene region of the everlasting Present.”

Men May Spiritual Grows Process Moral Creatures Tasks Aim Regions Everlasting Diligence Serene

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“Through the higher love the whole life of man is to be elevated from temporal selfishness to the spring of all love, to God: man will again be master over nature by abiding in God and lifting her up to God.”

Men Whole Masters Higher Spring Whole Life Selfishness Lifting Abiding Higher Love

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“When life is woe, and hope is dumb, the World says, "Go!" The Grave says, "Come!”

World Life Is Death Graves Dumb Woe

Author:Arthur Guiterman

“The Deer don't dineWhen a Wolf's about,And the PorcupineSticks his quill-points out.”

Deer Quills

Author:Arthur Guiterman

“Oh, who would choose to be a traveler? --That anxious railway-guide unravelerWho spends his nights in berths and bunks,His days in chaperoning trunks;Who stands in line at gates and wicketsTo spend his means on costly ticketsTo Irkutsk, Liverpool and YapAnd other dots upon the map.”

Mean Night Lines Guides Maps Gates Anxious Traveler Dots Liverpool Trunks Railway Bunk

Author:Arthur Guiterman

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