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Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.

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Meister Eckhart

German Roman Catholic theologian and mystic (1260-1327)

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  • Norman Langenbrunner
    Norman Langenbrunner
    Dag Hammarskjold's "Markings" (as translated by Leif Sjoberg and W. H. Auden) has this quote on the title page, attributing it to Eckhart. In his book "Hammarskjold - A Life," Roger Lipsey says on page 53 that the quote is from Swedish poet Betil Malmberg, and notes: ""In Sjoberg/Auden the epigraph is incorrectly attributed to Meister Eckhart." Will the true author please stand up! 
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Nur die Hand, die gelöscht wird, kann das Richtige schreiben.

nur la forviŝanta mano povas verki la veron.

non potest manus scribere, verum res quae delet.

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