Eckhart Tolle Quotes

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251 Quotes for Inner Stillness and Deep Connection with the Present Moment

“Humanity is now faced with a stark choice: Evolve or die. … If the structures of the human mind remain unchanged, we will always end up re-creating the same world, the same evils, the same dysfunction.”

“Whenever you
become anxious or stressed, outer purpose has taken over, and you lost sight
of your inner purpose. You have forgotten that your state of consciousness is
primary, all else secondary.”

“In today's rush we all think too much, seek too much, want too much and forget about the joy of just Being.”

“The moment you become aware of the ego in you, it is strictly speaking no longer the ego, but just an old, conditioned mind-pattern. Ego implies unawareness. Awareness and ego cannot coexist.”

“To recognize one's own insanity is, of course, the arising of sanity, the beginning of healing and transcendence.”

“Man made God in his own image…”

“What a caterpillar calls the end of the world we call a butterfly.”

“Nothing has happened in the past; it happened in the Now. Nothing will ever happen in the future; it will happen in the Now.”

“Love is a state of Being. Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you.”

“Words reduce reality to something the human mind can grasp, which isn’t very much.”

“The significance is hiding in the insignificant. Appreciate everything.”

“Your outer journey may contain a million steps; your inner journey only has one: the step you are taking right now.”

“Become conscious of being conscious.”

“You have so much to learn from your enemies.”

“every complaint is a little story the mind makes up that you completely believe in.”

“Knowing yourself is to be rooted in Being, instead of lost in your mind.”

“Reading is my passion and my escape since I was 5 years old. Overall, children don't realize the magic that can live inside their own heads. Better even then any movie.”

“You become most powerful in whatever you do if the action is performed for its own sake rather than as a means to protect, enhance, or conform to your role identity.”

“Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.”

“Defining yourself through thought is limiting yourself.”

“You do not become good by trying to be good, but by finding the goodness that is already within you, and allowing that goodness to emerge.”

“The ego wants to want more than it wants to have.”

“What will be left of all the fearing and wanting associated with your problematic life situation that every day takes up most of your attention? A dash, one or two inches long, between the date of birth and date of death on your gravestone.”

“One thing we do know: Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you need? Because this is the experience you are having at this moment.”

“Awareness is the power that is concealed within the present moment. … The ultimate purpose of human existence, which is to say, your purpose, is to bring that power into this world.”

“… whenever there is inspiration… and enthusiasm… there is a creative empowerment that goes far beyond what a mere person is capable of.”

“Die to the past every moment. You don't need it. Only refer to it when it is absolutely relevant to the present. Feel the power of this moment and the fullness of Being. Feel your presence.”

“When another recognizes you, that recognition draws the dimension of Being more fully into this world through both of you. That is the love that redeems the world.”

“Life isn't as serious as my mind makes it out to be.”

“If her past were your past, her pain your pain, her level of consciousness your level of consciousness, you would think and act exactly as she does. With this realization comes forgiveness, compassion, peace.”

“Where there is anger there is always pain underneath.”

“Doing is never enough if you neglect Being.”

“Nonresistance is the key to the greatest power in the universe.”

“You are here to enable the divine purpose of the universe to unfold. That is how important you are!”

“In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and humility are contradictory. In truth, they are one and the same.”

“The greatest achievement of humanity is not its works of art, science, or technology, but the recognition of its own dysfunction.”

“Accept — then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it. Make it your friend and ally, not your enemy. This will miraculously transform your whole life.”

“Rather than being your thoughts and emotions, be the awareness behind them.”

“With stillness comes the benediction of Peace.”

“The brain does not create consciousness, but conciousness created the brain, the most complex physical form on earth, for its expression.”

“Fulfill me, make me happy, make me feel safe, tell me who I am. The world cannot give you those things, and when you no longer have such expectations, all self created suffering comes to an end.”

“Each person's life – each lifeform,
in fact – represents a world, a
unique way in which the universe experiences itself.”

“All you realy need to do is accept this moment fully. You are then at ease in the here and now and at ease with yourself.”

“Once you have had a glimpse of awareness or Presence, you know it firsthand. It is no longer just a concept in your mind.”

“Practice presence -- embrace the place where life happens.”

“Space and silence are two aspects of the same thing. The same no-thing. They are externalization of inner space and inner silence, which is stillness: the infinitely creative womb of all existence.”

“That in you which recognizes madness as madness (even if it is your own) is sanity, is the arising awareness, is the end of insanity.”

“Those who have not found their true wealth, which is the radiant joy of Being and the deep, unshakable peace that comes with it, are beggars, even if they have great material wealth.”

“If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small.”