Quotes by "Eckhart Tolle"

The past has no power over the present moment.

To love is to recognize yourself in another.

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.

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

As soon as you honor the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle dissolve, and life begins to flow with joy and ease. When you act out the present-moment awareness, whatever you do becomes imbued with a sense of quality, care, and love - even the most simple action.

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.

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

Is there a difference between happiness and inner peace? Yes. Happiness depends on conditions being perceived as positive; inner peace does not.

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.

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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.

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 it teach you how to live and how to die, and how not to make living and dying into a problem.

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

Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.

Ultimately, of course, there is no other and you are always meeting yourself.

Many relationships go through violent and destructive pain-body episodes at regular intervals. It is almost unbearably painful for a young child to have to witness the emotional violence of their parents' pain-bodies, and yet that is the fate of millions of children all over the world, the nightmare of their daily existence.

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.

Su tarea no es buscar amor sino encontrar una puerta a través de la cual el amor pueda entrar” .