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I may err but I am not a heretic, for the first has to do with the mind and the second with the will!
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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In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.
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When I think of God's Kingdom, I am compelled to be silent because of its immensity, because God's Kingdom is none other than God himself with all His riches.
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The most important hour is always the present. The most significant person is precisely the one sitting across from you right now. The most necessary work is always love.
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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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Only those who have dared to let go can dare to re-enter.
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It is in the darkness that one finds the light.
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There exists only the present instant ... There is no yesterday nor any tomorrow, but only Now.
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The beast that bears you fastest to perfection is suffering.
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