Quotes from book
A New Earth

A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose is a self-help book by Eckhart Tolle. First published in 2005, it sold 5 million copies in North America by 2009. In 2008 it was selected for Oprah's Book Club and featured in a series of 10 weekly webinars with Tolle and Oprah Winfrey.

“Another of humanity’s early awakened teachers emerged in China. His name was Lao Tzu. He left a record of his teaching in the form of one of the most profound spiritual books ever written, the Tao Te Ching.”

Eckhart Tolle book A New Earth

A New Earth (2005)

“In the distant past, this recognition already came to a few individuals. A man called Gautama Siddhartha, who lived 2,600 years ago in India, was perhaps the first who saw it with absolute clarity. Later the title Buddha was conferred upon him. Buddha means “the awakened one.””

Eckhart Tolle book A New Earth

A New Earth (2005)

“The inspiration for the title of this book came from a Bible prophecy that seems more applicable now than at any other time in human history. It occurs in both the Old and the New Testament and speaks of the collapse of the existing world order and the arising of “a new heaven and a new earth." We need to understand here that heaven is not a location but refers to the inner realm of consciousness. This is the esoteric meaning of the word, and this is also its meaning in the teachings of Jesus.”

Eckhart Tolle book A New Earth

A New Earth (2005)

“Collective human consciousness and life on our planet are intrinsically connected. “A new heaven” is the emergence of a transformed state of human consciousness, and “a new earth” is its reflection in the physical realm.”

Eckhart Tolle book A New Earth

A New Earth (2005)

“This book itself is a transformational device that has come out of the arising new consciousness. The ideas and concepts presented here may be important, but they are secondary. They are no more than signposts pointing toward awakening. As you read, a shift takes place within you.”

Eckhart Tolle book A New Earth

A New Earth (2005)

“We could say that the totality, life wants the sapling to become a tree, but the sapling doesn't see itself as separate from life and so wants nothing for itself. It is one with what life wants. That's why it isn't worried or stressed. And, if it has to die prematurely, it dies with ease…..”

Eckhart Tolle book A New Earth

A New Earth (2005)

“A new species is arising on the planet. It is arising now, and you are it!”

Eckhart Tolle book A New Earth

A New Earth (2005)

“Listen to people's stories and they all could be entitled "Why I Cannot Be At Peace Now" The ego doesn't know that your only opportunity for being at peace is now.”

Eckhart Tolle book A New Earth

A New Earth (2005)

“Accepting means you allow yourself to feel whatever it is you are feeling at that moment…you can't argue with what is. Well, you can, but if you do, you suffer.”

Eckhart Tolle book A New Earth

A New Earth (2005)

“The more unconscious individuals, groups, or nations are, the more likely it is that egoic pathology will assume the form of physical violence. Violence is a primitive but still very widespread way in which the ego attempts to assert itself, to prove itself right or another wrong. With very unconscious people, arguments can easily lead to physical violence.”

Eckhart Tolle book A New Earth

A New Earth (2005)

“Suffering has a noble purpose: the evolution of the consciousness and the burning up of the ego.”

Eckhart Tolle book A New Earth

A New Earth (2005)

“When you accept everything for what it is without labels you are outside of your ego.”

Eckhart Tolle book A New Earth

A New Earth (2005)

“Only by awakening can you know the true meaning of that word.”

Eckhart Tolle book A New Earth

A New Earth (2005)

“You cannot find yourself in the past or future. The only place where you can find yourself is in the Now.”

Eckhart Tolle book A New Earth

A New Earth (2005)

“Instead of asking "what do I want from life?", a more powerful question is, "what does life want from me?"”

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“Right now we are being given the experience we need to raise our consciousness.”

Eckhart Tolle book A New Earth

A New Earth (2005)

“Presence is a state of inner spaciousness.”

Eckhart Tolle book A New Earth

A New Earth (2005)

“How do you let go of attachment to things? Don't even try. It's impossible. Attachment to things drops away by itself when you no longer seek to find yourself in them.”

Eckhart Tolle book A New Earth

A New Earth (2005)

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

Eckhart Tolle book A New Earth

A New Earth (2005)

“What you react to in others, you strengthen in yourself.”

Eckhart Tolle book A New Earth

A New Earth (2005)

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