Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.
Meister Eckhart
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I've always thought of acting as more of an exercise in empathy, which is not to be confused with sympathy. You're trying to get inside a certain emotional reality or motivational reality and try to figure out what that's about so you can represent it. -
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More quotes by Meister Eckhart
- When you are thwarted, it is your own attitude that is out of order.
- You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion.
- Every creature is a word of God.
- God is at home, it's we who have gone out for a walk.
- The eye with which I see God is the same eye with which God sees me.