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Meister Eckhart

Quote of Meister Eckhart - People should not worry so much...


Biography - Meister Eckhart:

German theologian, philosopher and mystic.
Born: 1260 - Died: 1328
Period:
14th century
13th century
Place of birth: Germany
Germany

People should not worry so much about what they do but rather about what they are.



Translation

Translation

(German, French)



German
Die Menschen sollen nicht so viel nachdenken, was sie tun sollen, sie sollen vielmehr bedenken, was sie sind.

French
Les gens ne devraient pas toujours tant réfléchir à ce qu'ils doivent faire, ils devraient plutôt penser à ce qu'ils doivent être.




See also 

See also...



Tell yourself, first of all, what kind of man you want to be; and then go ahead with what you are doing.




Quotes for: to think


Quotes

Quotes for: to think


A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with reality, and lives in a world of illusion.





Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.





Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.





Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.





I think, therefore I am.





For there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.











Quotes for: to be


Quotes

Quotes for "to be" or about being:


The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.





To be, or not to be, that is the question.





Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are.





Become who you are!





I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.





I think, therefore I am.











Quotes

Meister Eckhart also said...


And suddenly you know: It's time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.












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