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People look to time in expectation that it will eventually make them happy, but you cannot find true happiness by looking toward the future.
People look to time in expectation that it will eventually make them happy, but you cannot find true happiness by looking toward the future.
Approximate author period: c. 1948 AD · modern
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- Eckhart Tolle
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- Approximate author period: c. 1948 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1948; activity date not established; Wikidata Q60137, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60137 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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