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A person should never be satisfied with a thought God, for when the thought perishes, the God also perishes.

— Meister Eckhart

Der Mensch soll sich nicht genügen lassen an einem gedachten Gott; denn wenn der Gedanke vergeht, so vergeht auch der Gott.

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Deutsche Predigten und Traktate (1963), p. 60

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