Eckhart Tolle Quotes
Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.
Life is the dancer and you are the dance.
To love is to recognize yourself in another.
The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation, but your thoughts about it.
You do not become good by trying to be good, but by finding the goodness that is already within you.
The past has no power over the present moment.
Give up defining yourself – to yourself or to others. You won’t die. You will come to life.
The greatest single cause of a poor self-image is the absence of unconditional love.
When you live in complete acceptance of what is, that is the end of all drama in your life.
Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.
Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness.
The moment you realize you are not present, you are present.
The ego says, ‘I shouldn’t have to suffer,’ and that thought makes you suffer so much more.
Wherever you are, be there totally.
Stress is caused by being here but wanting to be there.
Time isn’t precious at all, because it is an illusion. What you perceive as precious is not time but the one point that is out of time: the Now.
All cravings are the mind seeking salvation or fulfillment in external things and in the future as a substitute for the joy of Being.
Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.
Die to the past every moment. You don’t need it. Only refer to it when it is absolutely relevant to the present.
The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.
The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation, but your thoughts about it.
When you complain, you make yourself a victim. Leave the situation, change the situation, or accept it. All else is madness.
The past has no power over the present moment.
To love is to recognize yourself in another.
The moment you realize you are not present, you are present.
Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.
Being must be felt. It can’t be thought.
Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.
The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation, but your thoughts about it.
You do not become good by trying to be good, but by finding the goodness that is already within you.
You can only lose something that you have, but you cannot lose something that you are.
The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.
The ego says, ‘I shouldn’t have to suffer,’ and that thought makes you suffer so much more.
All cravings are the mind seeking salvation or fulfillment in external things and in the future as a substitute for the joy of Being.
One day I will be able to change this situation. Is it true? No, the moment you truly accept your powerlessness, you become powerful.
All problems are illusions of the mind.
Ego loves guilt, and lives for guilt.
Presence is needed to become aware of the beauty, the majesty, the sacredness of nature.
Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness.
Instead of seeking the Fountain of Youth, change your state of consciousness and be fully present in the Now.
Most people’s lives are run by desire and fear. Desire is the need to add something to yourself in order to be yourself more fully.
Die to the past every moment. You don’t need it. Only refer to it when it is absolutely relevant to the present.
See if you can catch yourself complaining in either speech or thought, about a situation that you find yourself in, what other people do or say, your surroundings, your life situation, even the weather. To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness.
As long as you are unable to access the power of the Now, every emotional pain that you experience leaves behind a residue of pain that lives on in you.
Don’t look for peace. Don’t look for any other state than the one you are in now; otherwise, you will set up inner conflict and unconscious resistance.
A genuine relationship is one that is not dominated by the ego with its image-making and self-seeking. In a genuine relationship, there is an outward flow of open, alert attention toward the other person in which there is no wanting whatsoever.
Whenever you are able to observe your mind, you are no longer trapped in it. A higher level of consciousness has come in.
When you say yes to what is, you become aligned with the power of life itselfthe power that will carry you into the future, the power behind the evolutionary impulse.
Why does the mind habitually deny or resist the Now? Because it cannot function and remain in control without time, which is past and future, so it perceives the timeless Now as threatening. Time and mind are inseparable.
There is nothing that strengthens the ego more than being right.