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The beast that bears you fastest to perfection is suffering.
Meister Eckhart
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Meister Eckhart
Age: 68 †
Born: 1260
Born: January 1
Died: 1328
Died: January 1
Dominican Friar
Philosopher
Theologian
University Teacher
Suffering
Fastest
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Perfection
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Stillness is where creativity and solutions are found.
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What good is it to me that Mary gave birth to the son of God fourteen hundred years ago, and I do not also give birth to the Son of God in my time and in my culture? We are all meant to be mothers of God. God is always needing to be born.
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We are celebrating the feast of the Eternal Birth which God the Father has borne and never ceases to bear in all eternity... But if it takes not place in me, what avails it? Everything lies in this, that it should take place in me.
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I need to be silent for awhile, worlds are forming in my heart.
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The seed of God is in us: Pear seeds grow into pear trees Hazel seeds into hazel trees And God seeds into God.
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God wants nothing from you but the gift of a peaceful heart.
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To the quiet mind all things are possible.
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