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Meister Eckhart Quotes on Virtue

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

Quotes

  • Attributed to Meister Eckhart:

    “If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.”

  • Attributed to Meister Eckhart:

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

  • Attributed to Meister Eckhart:

    “Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.”

  • “Truth is something so noble that if God could turn aside from it, I could keep the truth and let God go.”

    Meister Eckhart: A Modern Translation (1941) by Raymond Bernard Blakney, p. 240