"To be full of things is to be empty of God. To be empty of things is to be full of God.“

-Meister Eckhart

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Meister Eckhart quote on God: "To be full of things is to be empty of God. To be empty of things is to be full of God." - Aesthetic Wallpaper & Wisdom

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"A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we don't know ourselves! Why, thirty or forty skins or hides, as thick and hard as an ox's or bear's, cover the soul. Go into your own ground and learn to know yourself there."

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"You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion."

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"Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us."

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"The knower and the known are one. Simple people imagine that they should see God as if he stood there and they here. This is not so. God and I, we are one in knowledge."

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