"The outward work will never be puny if the inward work is great."
-Meister Eckhart
workView Quote
"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.“
-Meister Eckhart
posted in sympathy
Other Quotes
Discover more inspiring quotes from our collection
"If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough."
-Meister Eckhart
religionView Quote
"Words derive their power from the original word."
-Meister Eckhart
powerView Quote
"If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough."
-Meister Eckhart
lifeView Quote
"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."
-Meister Eckhart
knowledgeView Quote
"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."
-Meister Eckhart
inspirationalView Quote
Same Category
More quotes in this category
"I have the greatest sympathy with the growth of the socialist party. I think they understand the evils that surround us and hammer them into people's minds better than we Liberals."
-Charles Trevelyan
sympathyView Quote
"Captain Hale, alone, without sympathy or support, save that from above, on the near approach of death asked for a clergyman to attend him. It was refused. He then requested a Bible that too was refused by his inhuman jailer."
-William Hull
sympathyView Quote
"I didn't feel any remorse or sympathy if I injured a rival. I went over the top a few times but I never broke anyone's leg."
-Peter Storey
sympathyView Quote
"It is the right of our people to organize to oppose any law and any part of the Constitution with which they are not in sympathy."
-Alfred E. Smith
sympathyView Quote
"There's a certain amount of sympathy here for the Bush administration's problem, which is they would like to get rid of Saddam Hussein and they would like to have the Kurds autonomous."
-Les Aspin
sympathyView Quote
"Teetotallers lack the sympathy and generosity of men that drink."
-W. H. Davies
sympathyView Quote