“If a man had no more to do with God than to be thankful, that would suffice.”

— Meister Eckhart

However a quote very similar to this one can actually be found in his works. In Sermon XXVII (Walshe translation/in Quint Sermon XXXIV) we can read:

Middle High German: Haete der mensche niht me ze tuonne mit gote, dan daz er dankbaere ist, ez waere genuoc.
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German theologian 1260–1328

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