Meister Eckhart Inward Quotations

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

Some people want to see God with their eyes as they see a cow, and to love Him as they love a cow - for the milk and cheese and profit it brings them. This is how it is with people who love God for the sake of outward wealth or inward comfort. They do not rightly love God, when they love Him for their own advantage.

The outward work can never be small if the inward one is great, and the outward work can never be great or good if the inward is small or of little worth.