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He who would be serene and pure needs but one thing, detachment.
Meister Eckhart
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Meister Eckhart
Age: 68 †
Born: 1260
Born: January 1
Died: 1328
Died: January 1
Dominican Friar
Philosopher
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Detachment
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There is no greater valor nor no sterner fight. He who would be what he ought to be must stop being what he is.
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There exists only the present instant ... There is no yesterday nor any tomorrow, but only Now.
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Therefore, look only for this fishhook, and you will be happily caught. The more you are caught, the more you will be liberated.
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To the quiet mind all things are possible.
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To be sure, our mental processes often go wrong, so that we imagine God to have gone away. What should be done then? Do exactly what you would do if you felt most secure. Learn to behave thus even in deepest distress and keep yourself that way in any and every estate of life. I can give you no better advice than to find God where you lost him.
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And so, too, I speak of love: he who is held by it is held by the strongest of bonds, and yet the stress is pleasant. Moreover, he can sweetly bear all that happens to him. When one has found this bond, he looks for no other.
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There is nothing so much like God in all the universe as silence.
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For a heart to be perfectly ready it has to be perfectly empty. In this condition it has attained its maximum capacity.
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There are plenty to follow our Lord half-way, but not the other half. They will give up possessions, friends and honors, but it touches them to closely to disown themselves.
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