Eckhart Tolle

Spiritual Teacher German-Canadian Born 1948 (age 78)

Spiritual teacher; authored The Power of Now.

375 quotes

"Consciousness is the only constant. Everything else is changing."
Philosophy
"You do not need to change yourself. You need to recognize what you already are."
Truth
"When you live from your being rather than your doing, life becomes effortless."
Success
"The present moment is always an opportunity to choose differently."
Freedom
"Your deepest self is untouched by any circumstance or tragedy."
Strength
"Presence dissolves the illusion of separation between you and the world."
Philosophy
"When you surrender your need to be right, you access tremendous peace."
Peace
"Your thoughts create your reality, but you are not your thoughts."
Wisdom
"Love is not an emotion. It is your natural state when the mind is still."
Love
"Failure is only failure if you define it that way. It is simply feedback."
Success
"The greatest wealth is freedom from the constant demands of the ego."
Freedom
"When you are fully present, time ceases to exist as you know it."
Time
"Your body is the doorway to the present moment. Feel it and come home."
Peace
"The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion."
Time
"Suffering is caused by identification with the mind rather than consciousness itself."
Wisdom
"When you stop resisting what is, acceptance becomes possible."
Peace
"The ego cannot tolerate the present moment because it exists in psychological time."
Philosophy
"Your sense of self is constructed from past memories and future projections."
Knowledge
"Surrender is not weakness; it is intelligent alignment with what is."
Strength
"The mind is a useful tool but a terrible master."
Wisdom
"Most people confuse thinking about life with actually living it."
Life
"Awakening is the recognition of the one consciousness underlying all existence."
Faith
"Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional and self-created."
Happiness
"Love is not a reaction; it is a state of being that flows from awareness."
Love
"Death is not an opposite of life; it is life's complement and integral part."
Death
"The greatest discovery is that you are not your thoughts."
Knowledge
"Forgiveness is the release of resentment that festers in identification with the past."
Peace
"In deep meditation, the distinction between observer and observed dissolves."
Solitude
"Presence is the greatest gift you can offer another being."
Relationships
"Money has no intrinsic value except what the mind assigns to it."
Money