Meister Eckhart Quotes


A man should orient his will and all his works to God and having only God in view go forward unafraid, not thinking, am I right or am I wrong? One who worked out all the chances before starting his first fight would never fight at all. And if, going to someplace, we must think how to set the front foot down, we shall never get there. It is our duty to do the next thing: go straight on, that is the right way.


Citations

Eckhart, Meister. Meister Eckhart: A Modern Translation. Translated by Raymond B. Blakney, Harper & Brothers, 1941, p. 11.

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Meister Eckhart
Meister Eckhart
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  • Nationality: German
  • Profession: Philosopher

Eckhart von Hochheim OP (c. 1260 – c. 1328), commonly known as Meister Eckhart or Eckehart, was a German theologian, philosopher and mystic, born near Gotha in the Landgraviate of Thuringia (now central Germany) in the Holy Roman Empire.