Eckhart Tolle

"The mind always exists in a state of confusion and agitation."

"Forgiveness is the letting go of the past."

"What seems to be an ending is often a new beginning."

"You cannot have a relationship with the external world if you do not have a relationship with yourself."

"The world is not impoverished, if anything there is too much."

"Most humans are never fully present in the now because unconsciously they believe the next moment must be more important than this one."

"To know yourself as the Being underneath the thinker, the stillness underneath the mental noise, is true freedom."

"You get there by realizing you are already there."

"The pain that you create now is always some form of non-acceptance, some form of unconscious resistance to what is."

"Only the present moment matters, and your life only happens now."

"Love is a state of Being. Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you."

"When you are present, you can allow the mind to be as it is without getting entangled in it."

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

"The moment you accept what is, you are free."

"The past has no power over the present moment."

"Fear and love cannot coexist. If you are in a state of love, fear does not exist."

"There is nothing you can do that is better than being present."

"All the things that truly matter—beauty, love, creativity, joy, peace—come from beyond the mind."

"Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die."

"The primary cause of dissatisfaction is mental time travel."

"Everything is just as it should be right now."

"You are not your mind. You are the awareness behind the mind."

"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."

"One conscious breath is more powerful than a thousand unconscious thoughts."

"The beauty of nature lies in its acceptance of what is."

"Ego is a collection of painful memories and learned defensive behaviors."

"Spiritual awakening is the most essential thing in life."

"You cannot be both unhappy and fully present in the now."

"Humility is the conscious acknowledgement of the limitations of the self."

"The universe is in dynamic equilibrium, constantly creating and destroying."