Eckhart Tolle quotes

Eckhart Tolle is a German-born spiritual teacher and best-selling author, most renowned for his works "The Power of Now" and "A New Earth." His teachings emphasize living in the present moment and releasing identification with the ego. He continues to inspire millions worldwide through his books, talks, and retreats. Here are 324 of his quotes:

Where there is anger there is always pain underneath.

Eckhart Tolle

Love, joy, and peace cannot flourish until you have freed yourself from mind dominance.

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To love is to recognize yourself in another.

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What a liberation to realize that the 'voice in my head' is not who I am. 'Who am I, then?' The one who sees that.

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Don't let a mad world tell you that success is anything other than a successful present moment.

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

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Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

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Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness.

Eckhart Tolle

Life is the dancer and you are the dance.

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

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Any action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation for a long time. If it is a mistake, at least you learn something, in which case it's no longer a mistake. If you remain stuck, you learn nothing.

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All the things that truly matter, beauty, love, creativity, joy and inner peace arise from beyond the mind.

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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.

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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.

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When you recognize this, you also realize that you are now free to give up this futile conflict, this inner state of war. (Ch 6)

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You can only lose something that you have, but you cannot lose something that you are.

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Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.

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Awareness is the greatest agent for change.

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

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

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

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The ego says, ‘I shouldn't have to suffer,' and that thought makes you suffer so much more. It is a distortion of the truth, which is always paradoxical. The truth is that you need to say yes to suffering before you can transcend it.

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