“The more we have the less we own.”
“To be full of things is to be empty of God. To be empty of things is to be full of God.”
Meister Eckhart
The inscription on the door above, dedicated to a native son of the region, reads, in English translation, “The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness didn’t comprehend it. In memoriam Meister Eckhart 1260-1327”:
das
Licht
leuchtet
in der
Finsternisund die
Finsternis
hat es nicht
erfasst
Licht
leuchtet
in der
Finsternisund die
Finsternis
hat es nicht
erfasst
in memoriam
MEISTER
ECKARDT
1260-1327
Posted from Erfurt, Germany
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