Meister Eckhart Quotes

Happiness is the moment when you cease to make an inventory of joys; it is a glow, a brightness - never a list.

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.

Unending joy is actually closer to us than our own skin, and there is nothing we have to do or get or be to experience it. All we have to do is stop driving it away.

Happiness does not consist in self-love.

There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness.

Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse.

There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.

Happiness isn't a fortune in a cookie. It's deeper, wider, funnier, and more transporting than that.

Joy is not the result of getting what you want; it is the way to get what you want. In the deepest sense, joy is what you want.

I'm real excited. I'm so blessed to have so much peace and joy inside. I just can't keep quiet about it.

Happiness is not merely a word. It is a state of mind.

Being joyful isn't what makes you grateful. Being grateful is what makes you joyful.

Supreme happiness consists in self-content.

And that third dimension brings bliss. Bliss is without any opposite to it. It is serene, tranquil, cool. It is ecstasy without any excitement.

Happiness happens when you fit with your life, when you fit so harmoniously that whatsoever you are doing is your joy. Then suddenly you will come to know: meditation follows you. If you love the work that you are doing, if you love the way you are living, then you are meditative.

Feel that you are happy without any cause for happiness.

Meditation is the direct means of enjoying the greatest happiness and is the only means to quench the thirst for happiness on earth.

Pleasure usually comes when called, but not happiness.

Our most natural state is joy. It is the foundation for love, compassion, healing, and the desire to alleviate suffering.

Happiness cannot help but dance around you when you are fulfilled.

Love is joy. Don't convince yourself that suffering is a part of it.

From tiny, tiny waves of joy, one gets to the ocean of happiness, which is called bliss.

The rarest feeling that ever lights a human face is the contentment of a loving soul.

Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements.

The happiest moments we ever know are when we entirely forget ourselves.