Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.


Eckhart Tolle

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You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at th...
ECKHART TOLLE
Words, no matter whether they are vocalized and made into sounds or remain unspoken as thoughts, can...
ECKHART TOLLE
Thoughts are fine when you don't confuse them with who you are, and then thoughts are not a prob...
ECKHART TOLLE
I sometimes ask people, 'Can you be aware of your own presence? Not the thoughts that you're...
ECKHART TOLLE
Somebody becomes an enemy if you personalize the unconsciousness that is the ego. Non-reaction is no...
ECKHART TOLLE
The more shared past there is in a relationship, the more present you need to be...
ECKHART TOLLE
When you don’t cover up the world with words and labels, a sense of the miraculous returns to your...
ECKHART TOLLE
Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it.
ECKHART TOLLE
Life isn't as serious as the mind makes it out to be.
ECKHART TOLLE
Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose
ECKHART TOLLE
Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and just listen. No more is needed. Being still...
ECKHART TOLLE
Ego is the complete identification with form. Physical forms, thought forms, emotional forms.
ECKHART TOLLE
The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation, but you thoughts about it. Be aware of the ...
ECKHART TOLLE
You are the universe, you aren't in the universe.
ECKHART TOLLE
Many people identify their sense of self with the problems they have, or think they have.
ECKHART TOLLE
So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they negl...
ECKHART TOLLE
Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you. It ...
ECKHART TOLLE
You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality.
ECKHART TOLLE
When you realize it’s not personal, there is no longer a compulsion to react as if it were.
ECKHART TOLLE
This is most people’s reality: As soon as something is perceived, it is named, interpreted, compar...
ECKHART TOLLE
This, too, will pass.
ECKHART TOLLE
The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but thought about it. Be aware of the though...
ECKHART TOLLE
What will be left of all the fearing and wanting associated with your problematic life situation tha...
ECKHART TOLLE
Those who have not found their true wealth, which is the radiant joy of Being and the deep, unshakab...
ECKHART TOLLE
Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to "die before you die" --- ...
ECKHART TOLLE
The launch of Lycos Games is another step toward providing customers access to exclusive content lik...
ALFRED TOLLE
It's not that nobody's using Lycos anymore. The awareness of the brand is still there. But awareness...
ALFRED TOLLE
The launch of Lycos Games is another step toward providing consumers access to exclusive content lik...
ALFRED TOLLE
We want to become a destination for content producers and consumers -- especially user-generated con...
ALFRED TOLLE
The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.
MEISTER ECKHART
You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion.
MEISTER ECKHART
He came prepared to play. He fulfilled the author's intention. It's his movie. He's the man in it.
AARON ECKHART
I think people could come out of this movie thinking, although all of these are very serious subject...
AARON ECKHART
Audiences like both savory and unsavory characters, and [even] unsavory elements can be attractive. ...
AARON ECKHART
All these people are so firm on their positions. That's where the humor in the movie comes from, ......
AARON ECKHART
For Nick, the game, basically, is convincing people. It's getting people to look at things your way....
AARON ECKHART