05UndatedWhat 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.Eckhart Tolle / quote ↗
06UndatedIt is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living.Eckhart Tolle / quote ↗
08UndatedIn 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.Eckhart Tolle / quote ↗
10UndatedCan you look without the voice in your head commenting, drawing conclusions, comparing, or trying to figure something out?Eckhart Tolle / quote ↗
12UndatedWatch 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.Eckhart Tolle / quote ↗
13UndatedThe primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation, but you thoughts about it. Be aware of the thoughts you are thinking.Eckhart Tolle / quote ↗
14UndatedDeath 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.Eckhart Tolle / quote ↗
16UndatedWhatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.Eckhart Tolle / quote ↗
17UndatedTime 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.Eckhart Tolle / quote ↗
18UndatedReading is my passion and my escape since I was 5 years old. Overall, children don't realize the magic that can live inside their own heads. Better even then any movie.Eckhart Tolle / quote ↗
19UndatedThrough 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, and all you are left with is the mental concept of God, which some people believe in and others deny. Even belief in God is only a poor substitute for the living reality of God manifesting every moment of your life.Eckhart Tolle / quote ↗
20UndatedWhen 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.Eckhart Tolle / quote ↗
21UndatedIf 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 with every image in the dream.Eckhart Tolle / quote ↗
22UndatedThe moment that judgement stops through acceptance of what it is, you are free of the mind. You have made room for love, for joy, for peace.Eckhart Tolle / quote ↗
23UndatedSome changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.Eckhart Tolle / quote ↗
24UndatedSee if you can catch yourself complaining, in either speech or thought, about a situation you find yourself in, what other people do or say, your surroundings, your life situation, even the weather. To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness.Eckhart Tolle / quote ↗
