Meister Eckhart

Meister Eckhart (1260-1328) was a German theologian, philosopher and mystic.

He expressed himself both in learned Latin for the clergy in his tractates, and more famously in the German vernacular in his sermons. His thoughts reach heights and depths that seem uniquely his. His manner of expression is at once simple yet abstract and bold enough to prompt him to be tried for heresy in his last years. He died before a verdict was reached, but considered himself a submissive child of the Church till the end.

Eckhart is also spelled Eckard, Eccard. Meister means "the Master"

In the 20th century his thoughts have been compared to Eastern mystics by both Rudolf Otto and D. T. Suzuki.

The thoughts of Meister Eckhart were mentioned briefly in the film "Jacob's Ladder".

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Anything that we know or are able to impart or that we can define, that is not God: for in God is neither this nor that which we can abstract nor has he limitation.

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Modern Usage: Meister Eckhart

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All God wants of man is a peaceful heart. (references; author: Meister Eckhart)

Only the hand that erases can write the true thing. (references; author: Meister Eckhart)

God is at home, it's we who have gone out for a walk. (references; author: Meister Eckhart)

In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity. (references; author: Meister Eckhart)

What a man takes in by contemplation, that he pours out in love. (references; author: Meister Eckhart)

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Commercial Usage: Meister Eckhart

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Books	Meister Eckhart and the Beguine Mystics: Hadewijch of Brabant, Mechthild of Magdeburg, and Marguerite Porete (reference) Meister Eckhart from Whom God Hid Nothing: Sermons, Writings, and Sayings (reference) Passion for Creation: The Earth-honoring Spirituality of Meister Eckhart (reference) The Rhineland Mystics: Writings of Meister Eckhart, Johannes Tauler, and Jan Van Ruusbroec and Selections from the Theologia Germanica and the Book) (reference) Meister Eckhart Und Der Laie: Ein Antihierarchischer Dialog Des 14. Jahrhunderts Aus Den Niederlanden (reference) (more book examples)
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Familiar Quotations: Meister Eckhart

Author	Quotation
Meister Eckhart	All God wants of man is a peaceful heart.
	Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.
	God is at home, it's we who have gone out for a walk.
	In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.
	What a man takes in by contemplation, that he pours out in love.
	If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.
	To be full of things is to be empty of God. To be empty of things is to be full of God.
	If God gave the soul his whole creation she would not be filled thereby but only with himself.
	Jesus might have said, ''I became man for you. If you do not become God for me, you wrong me.''
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