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,…

Quote by Meister Eckhart

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Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.

Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is 'thank you', it...

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is 'thank you', it...

[...] Cause in eternity there's no yesterday or tomorrow, but only Now.

[...] Cause in eternity there's no yesterday or tomorrow, but only Now.

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 'thank you,' that would...

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 'thank you,' that would...

What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of...

What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of...

You must learn an inner solitude, wherever or with whomsoever you may be. You must...

You must learn an inner solitude, wherever or with whomsoever you may be. You must...

You must learn an inner solitude, wherever or with whomsoever you may be. You must...

You must learn an inner solitude, wherever or with whomsoever you may be. You must...

I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the...

I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the...

Critics don't bother me because if I do badly, I know I'm bad before they...

Critics don't bother me because if I do badly, I know I'm bad before they...

Women with clean houses do not have finished books.

Women with clean houses do not have finished books.

Nature fits all her children with something to do, he who would write and can't...

Nature fits all her children with something to do, he who would write and can't...

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I...

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I...

The pen is a formidable weapon, but a man can kill himself with it a...

The pen is a formidable weapon, but a man can kill himself with it a...

In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers...

In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers...

To be a well-flavored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read...

To be a well-flavored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read...

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists...

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

Writing is manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.

Writing is manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.

If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet,...

If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet,...

But when the pen is in his hand he has to write by itch and...

But when the pen is in his hand he has to write by itch and...