Eckhart von Hochheim (c. 1260 – c. 1328), commonly known as Meister Eckhart, Master Eckhart or Eckehart, claimed original name Johannes Eckhart, was a German Catholic theologian, philosopher and mystic, born near Gotha in the Landgraviate of Thuringia (now central Germany) in the Holy Roman Empire.Eckhart came into prominence during...
What a man takes in by contemplation, that he pours out in love.
—Matthew Quick in Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
—James Redfield in The Celestine Prophecy