Meister Johannes Eckhart

1260-1327, German Dominican Priest, Theologian, Mystic

Actualization / Fulfillment
The outward work will never be puny if the inward work is great.
Appearance / Form
He who seeks God under settled form lays hold of the form, while missing the God concealed in it.

If you seek the kernel, you must break the shell. And likewise, if you would know the reality of nature, you must destroy the appearance, and the farther you go beyond the appearance, the nearer you will be to the essence.