The outward work will never be puny if the inward ... -Meister Eckhart

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The outward work will never be puny if the inward work is great.

Meister Eckhart , Philosopher
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What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action....
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough....
Man goes far away or near but God never goes far-off; he is always standing close at hand, and even if he cannot stay within he goes no further than t...
You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion....
We are celebrating the feast of the Eternal Birth which God the Father has borne and never ceases to bear in all eternity... But if it takes not place...
To be full of things is to be empty of God. To be empty of things is to be full of God....
God is at home, it's we who have gone out for a walk....
The eye with which I see God is the same eye with which God sees me....
Every creature is a word of God....
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