Meister Eckhart (1260–1328) German theologian
Sermon VII : Outward and Inward Morality
Meister Eckhart’s Sermons (1909)
“Grief was the celebration of love, those who could feel real grief were lucky to have loved.”
Source: Half of a Yellow Sun
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Act i, scene 1.
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