67 Eckhart Tolle Quotes for You to Enjoy

Eckhart Tolle

German Author

Born: Feb 16, 1948

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Most humans are never fully present in the now, because unconsciously they believe that the next moment must be more important than this one. But then you miss your whole life, which is never not now. Eckhart Tolle

Dogmas are collective conceptual prisons. And the strange thing is that people love their prison cells because they give them a sense of security and a false sense of 'I know.' Nothing has inflicted more suffering on humanity than its dogmas. Eckhart Tolle

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Acceptance looks like a passive state, but in reality it brings something entirely new into this world. That peace, a subtle energy vibration, is consciousness. Eckhart Tolle

Peace Acceptance Reality World Energy State Entirely Something New Like Looks Passive Vibration Subtle Consciousness Brings

That is the real spiritual awakening, when something emerges from within you that is deeper than who you thought you were. So, the person is still there, but one could almost say that something more powerful shines through the person. Eckhart Tolle

I'm grateful for always this moment, the now, no matter what form it takes. Eckhart Tolle

Thankful Grateful Matter Takes Always Form Moment Now

Memories are thoughts that arise. They're not realities. Only when you believe that they are real, then they have the power over you. But when you realize it's just another thought arising about the past, then you can have a spacious relationship with that thought. The thought no longer has you in its grip. Eckhart Tolle

When you get into your car, shut the door and be there for just half a minute. Breathe, feel the energy inside your body, look around at the sky, the trees. The mind might tell you, 'I don't have time.' But that's the mind talking to you. Even the busiest person has time for 30 seconds of space. Eckhart Tolle

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People look to time in expectation that it will eventually make them happy, but you cannot find true happiness by looking toward the future. Eckhart Tolle

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For many people who are so lost in their minds, so much involved in their thought processes, the only moments they have when they are not trapped in that is when they are relating to their animal, their pet. Eckhart Tolle

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Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you. It is not dependent on some other body, some external form. Eckhart Tolle

Love You Love Is Lose Other Some Outside Never Within Leave Dependent Form Cannot Body Your Deep External

Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live. Eckhart Tolle

Life People Treat Overcome Live Way Insane Since Obstacle Most Were Itself Moment Present Present Moment Need

When you wash your hands, when you make a cup of coffee, when you're waiting for the elevator - instead of indulging in thinking, these are all opportunities for being there as a still, alert presence. Eckhart Tolle

You Waiting Opportunities Coffee Thinking Instead Indulging Make Still Cup Hands Being Your Being There Wash Elevator Presence Alert

Many people identify their sense of self with the problems they have, or think they have. Eckhart Tolle

People Problems Sense Think Self Identify Many

There is such a thing as old emotional pain living inside you. It is an accumulation of painful life experience that was not fully faced and accepted in the moment it arose. It leaves behind an energy form of emotional pain. Eckhart Tolle

Some people awaken spiritually without ever coming into contact with any meditation technique or any spiritual teaching. They may awaken simply because they can't stand the suffering anymore. Eckhart Tolle

I don't believe in an outside agent that creates the world, then walks away. But I feel very strongly there is an intelligence at work in every flower, in every blade of grass, in every cell of my body. And it is that intelligence that, I wouldn't say created the universe. It is creating the universe. It's an ongoing process. Eckhart Tolle

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You are not a problem that needs solving. Eckhart Tolle

Needs You Problem Solving

If you are not living this moment, you are not really living. Eckhart Tolle

You Living Really Moment

The only thing you ever have is now. Eckhart Tolle

You Only The Only Thing Now Ever Thing

The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately... you usually don't use it at all. It uses you. Eckhart Tolle

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Was Jesus the son of God? Yes. But so are you. You just haven't realized it yet. Eckhart Tolle

God You Son Yes Just Realized Jesus

Is fear preventing you from taking action? Acknowledge the fear, watch it, take your attention into it, be fully present with it. Doing so cuts the link between the fear and your thinking. Don't let the fear rise up into your mind. Use the power of the Now. Fear cannot prevail against it. Eckhart Tolle

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