Quotes by Eckhart Tolle

“Through the present moment, you have access to the power of life itself, that which has traditionally been called "God." As soon as you turn away from it, God ceases to be a reality in your life, a...”

“To love is to recognize yourself in another.”

“When faced with a radical crisis, when the old way of being in the world, of interacting with each other and with the realm of nature doesn't work anymore, when survival is threatened by seemingly ...”

“Watch any plant or animal and let it teach you acceptance of what is, surrender to the Now.Let it teach you Being.Let it teach you integrity which means to be one, to be yourself, to be real.Let i...”

“The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation, but you thoughts about it. Be aware of the thoughts you are thinking.”

“The past has no power over the present moment.”

“You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.”

“When you no longer perceive the world as hostile, there is no more fear, and when there is no more fear, you think, speak and act differently.”

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

“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you will ever 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 ...”

“It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living.”

“Man made God in his own image...”

“In essence, you are neither inferior nor superior to anyone. True self-esteem and true humility arise out of that realization. In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and humility are contradictory. In...”

“Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to "die before you die" --- and find that there is no death.”

“Die before you die and find that there is no death.”

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

“Can you look without the voice in your head commenting, drawing conclusions, comparing, or trying to figure something out?”

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

“If there were nothing but thought in you. You wouldn't even know your thinking. You would be like a dreamer who doesn't know he's dreaming. You would be as identified with thought as a dreamer is w...”