Attribuée à Meister Eckhart
«If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.»
Fausse attribution
Verdict
Elle ne figure pas dans l'œuvre de Meister Eckhart
A widely circulated English quotation not found in the German or Latin works of the critical edition. It appears to be a modern paraphrase; its first appearance has not been located.
Source: Meister Eckhart. Die deutschen und lateinischen Werke. Herausgegeben im Auftrage der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1936– (Die deutschen Werke, ed. Josef Quint y Georg Steer; Die lateinischen Werke, ed. Konrad Weiß, Josef Koch, Loris Sturlese et al.).
Ce qu'il a vraiment dit
Paroles vérifiées de Meister Eckhart
«Here God's ground is my ground and my ground is God's ground.»
Sermón alemán 5b, «In hoc apparuit caritas dei» (DW I)
«The eye in which I see God is the same eye in which God sees me; my eye and God's eye are one eye, one seeing, one knowing and one loving.»
Sermón alemán 12, «Qui audit me» (DW I)
«A poor man is one who wills nothing, knows nothing and has nothing.»
Sermón alemán 52, «Beati pauperes spiritu» (DW II)