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Meister Eckhart Quotes on Mind

Meister Eckhart was a German Dominican theologian, philosopher, and mystic. This page collects quotes attributed to Meister Eckhart on the topic of mind, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • “The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me.”

    Sermon IV : True Hearing
  • Attributed to Meister Eckhart:

    “What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.”

  • Attributed to Meister Eckhart:

    “Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light.”

  • “As translated in The Enlightened Mind: An Anthology of Sacred Prose (1991) edited by Stephen Mitchell , p. 115”

    God wants nothing of you but the gift of a peaceful heart .