Christian Quotation of the Day

August 26, 1999

People should think less about what they ought to do and more about what they ought to
be. If only their being were good, their works would shine forth brightly. Do not imagine
that you can ground your salvation upon actions; it must rest on what you are. The ground
upon which good character rests is the very same ground from which man’s work derives its
value, namely, a mind wholly turned to God. Verily, if you were so minded, you might tread
on a stone and it would be a more pious  work than if you, simply for your own
profit, were to receive the Body of the Lord and were wanting in spiritual detachment.

… Meister Eckhart (1260?-1327?)

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