Q: I cannot reconcile the fact of a riotous world with the fact of inner peace.

Meister Eckhart's Answer: The exterior man may be undergoing trials, but the interior man is quite free.

Q. I do not understand why you say we must become clearly conscious of our problems. If we are unaware of them, they cannot bother us.

A: A stone beneath the surface of the ground is just as heavy as a visible one.

Q. Will an understanding of these principle help me with a problem connected with the people with whom I work?

A: A free mind has power to achieve all things.

Q. How can any external revelation help me unless it is verified by internal experience? I sense a unique richness in what you have said.

A: If any man has understood this sermon, it is good for him.

Q. What idea can fix our attention on our inner riches?

A: Why do you look without, for that which is within you?