Eckhart Tolle Quotes

I have lived with several Zen masters -- all of them cats.

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

Body awareness not only anchors you in the present moment, it is a doorway out of the prison that is the ego. It also strengthens the immune system and the body’s ability to heal itself.

Accepting means you allow yourself to feel whatever it is you are feeling at that moment. It is part of the isness of the Now. You can't argue with what is. Well, you can, but if you do, you suffer.

Whenever anything negative happens to you, there is a deep lesson concealed within it, although you may not see it at the time

When you are in the present moment, you break the continuity of your story, of past and future. Then true intelligence arises, and also love.

People don't realize that now is all there ever is; there is no past or future except as memory or anticipation in your mind.

Whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

When you surrender to what is and so become fully present, the past ceases to have any power. You do not need it anymore. Presence is the key. Now is the key.

Only the truth of who you are, if realized, will set you free.

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

Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.

Guilt, regret, resentment, sadness & all forms of nonforgiveness are caused by too much past & not enough presence.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

No matter how long your journey appears to be, there is never more than this: one step, one breath, one moment... Now.

Anything that you resent and strongly react to in another is also in you.

Stress is wanting something to be the way it isn't.

Don't Seek Happiness. If you seek it, you won't find it, because seeking is the antithesis of happiness

Acceptance of the unacceptable is the greatest source of grace in this world.

Life wants to support you. But first you need to be open to life.

Nothing that is of real value can be lost, only the false dissolves.

If uncertainty is unacceptable to you, it turns into fear. If it is perfectly acceptable, it turns into increased aliveness, alertness, and creativity.

A great silent space holds all of nature in its embrace. It also holds you.

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.

The formless dimension of life is this moment. This moment is timeless and formless - the eternal itself.

You cannot fight against the ego and win, just as you cannot fight against darkness. The light of consciousness is all that is necessary. You are that light.

Become friendly with the present moment, because if you do not become friendly with the present moment you cannot become friendly with life.

The present moment holds the key to liberation. But you cannot find the present moment as long as you are your mind.

Surrender is the simple but profound wisdom of yielding to rather than opposing the flow of life.

How wonderful to go beyond wanting and fearing in your relationships. Love does not want or fear anything.

When you are not honoring the present moment by allowing it to be, you are creating drama.

The present moment is all you ever have.

Allow nature to teach you stillness.

Time is the horizontal dimension of life, the surface layer of reality. Then there is the vertical dimension of depth, accessible only through the portal of the present moment.

Humanity is reaching the end of the evolutionary stage of ego. The closer we get to the end, the more dysfunctional humanity becomes.

Presence is a state of inner spaciousness

Pain can only feed on pain. Pain cannot feed on joy. It finds it quite indigestible.

One way to become aware many times during the day is to take a conscious breath. Doing so breaks the stream of thinking.

Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.

Nothing that comes and goes is you. 'I am bored.' Who knows this? 'I am angry, sad, afraid.' Who knows this? You are the knowing, not the condition that is known.

Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you.

How many situations can be resolved with less thinking?

True creativity flows only from stillness. When stillness becomes conscious, the spiritual dimension enters your life and you begin to be guided by an intelligence far greater than the human mind.

Welcome to the present moment. Here. Now. The only moment there ever is.

All cravings are the mind seeking salvation or fulfillment in external things and in the future as a substitute for the joy of Being.

Give up waiting as a state of mind. When you catch yourself slipping into waiting...snap out of it. Come into the present moment. Just be and enjoy being.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life.

To meet everything and everyone through stillness instead of mental noise is the greatest gift you can offer the universe.

Surrender comes when you no longer ask, 'Why is this happening to me?'

What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to something that already is?