Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)

Eckhart von Hochheim, commonly known as Meister Eckhart, Master Eckhart or Eckehart, claimed original name Johannes Eckhart, was a German Catholic priest, theologian, philosopher and mystic. He was born near Gotha in the Landgraviate of Thuringia in the Holy Roman Empire.

Quotes

Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.
The eye by which I see God is the same as the eye by which God sees me. My eye and God's eye are one and the same-one in seeing, one in knowing, and one in loving.
In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.

Integrity, Silence
If the only prayer you ever say in your whole life is "thank you," that would suffice.

Prayer