One must not always think so much about what one should do, but rather what one should be. Our works do not ennoble us; but we must ennoble our works. (Meister Eckhart)

One must not always think so much about what one should do, but rather what one should be. Our works do not ennoble us; but we must ennoble our works.

Meister Eckhart

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