Quotes by Eckhart Tolle

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.

Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not yours, not personal. They are conditions of the human mind. They come and go. Nothing that comes and goes is you.

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. Dont let the fear rise up into your mind. Use the power of the Now. Fear cannot prevail against it.

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.

Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally. If you want to take responsibility for your life, you must choose one of those three options, and you must choose now. Then accept the consequences.

Life is an adventure, its not a package tour.

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

Always say yes to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say yes to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.

Dont wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.

Memories are thoughts that arise. Theyre not realities. Only when you believe that they are real, then they have the power over you. But when you realize its 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.

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

People dont realize that now is all there ever is there is no past or future except as memory or anticipation in your mind.

“Time isn’t precious at all, because it is an illusion. What you perceive as precious is not time but the one point that is out of time: the Now. That is precious indeed. The more you are focused on time—past and future—the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is.”

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

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

“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 truth, they are one and the same.”

“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 birth and date of death on your gravestone.”

“To love is to recognize yourself in another.”

“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.”

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