A Quote by Meister Eckhart

To be full of things is to be empty of God; to be empty of things is to be full of God. — © Meister Eckhart
To be full of things is to be empty of God; to be empty of things is to be full of God.

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Love makes you empty - empty of jealousy, empty of power trips, empty of anger, empty of competitiveness, empty of your ego and all its garbage. But love also makes you full of things which are unknown to you right now; it makes you full of fragrance, full of light, full of joy.
To be full of things is to be empty of God. To be empty of things is to be full of God.
In the Lotus Sutra, it is said everything is emptiness - this world is empty, hell is empty, heaven is empty, God is empty, everything is emptiness. Emptiness is the nature of all things, nothingness, so be attuned to nothingness and you will achieve.
The mind that is full of God is empty of anxiety. Are you troubled, restless, sleepless? Then think of God more!
...but the truth is that I don't feel like I can carry anyone but myself right now. The streets are empty. I am empty. Or, no--I am full of pain. It's my life that's empty.
I didn't feel empty. I wished I'd felt empty. ... I wanted to be empty like an overturned pitcher. But I was full like a stone.
I believe that 'passion' is another word for energy. That's it. What energizes you? And that - we naturally have a tremendous amount of body wisdom about that, and that every one of us has a internal fuel tank that is either empty or full. And if you're empty, you feel depleted. If you're full, you feel energized.
Accursed, blasted, heartless things [books]! Full of empty promises, full of false lures, always making you hungry, never satisfying you, never!
Yield and overcome; Bend and be straight; Empty and be full; Wear out and be new; Have little and gain; Have much and be confused. ...The ancients say, "Yield and overcome." Is that an empty saying? Be really whole, And all things will come to you.
Your hands may be full of money and your brain full of information but if your heart is empty, your life is very empty.
When you're full of yourself, God can't fill you. But when you empty yourself, God has a useful vessel.
even God could do nothing for someone already full. You have to be completely empty to let Him in to do what He will.
I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.
I have nothing to give but my heart so full and these empty hands." "They're not empty now.
Enough small empty boxes thrown into a big empty box fill it full.
Fill what is empty, empty what is full, and scratch where it itches.
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