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One must not always think so much about what one should do, but rather what one should be. Our works do not ennoble us; but we must ennoble our works.


Meister Eckhart

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ECKHART TOLLE You must have failed deeply on some level or experienced some deep loss or pain to be drawn to the s...
ECKHART TOLLE Transcending the world does not mean to withdraw from the world, to no longer take action, or to sto...
ECKHART TOLLE Watch any plant or animal and let it teach you acceptance of what is, surrender to the Now.
Let...
ECKHART TOLLE In essence, you are neither inferior nor superior to anyone. True self-esteem and true humility aris...
ECKHART TOLLE Even the most seemingly unpleasant situations - if you become aligned with it, something good will e...
ECKHART TOLLE Fear seems to have many causes. Fear of loss, fear of failure, fear of being hurt, and so on, but ul...
ECKHART TOLLE It makes me feel good that I can now sit there and go, I've worked with Jack Nicholson, Al Pacin...
AARON ECKHART There is a fine balance between honoring the past and losing yourself in it. For example, you can ac...
ECKHART TOLLE The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive....
ECKHART TOLLE There is such a thing as old emotional pain living inside you. It is an accumulation of painful life...
ECKHART TOLLE Because of its phantom nature, and despite elaborate defense mechanisms, the ego is very vulnerable ...
ECKHART TOLLE Don't wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the presen...
ECKHART TOLLE The answer is, who you are cannot be defined through thinking or mental labels or definitions, becau...
ECKHART TOLLE Any action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation...
ECKHART TOLLE Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you.
ECKHART TOLLE Love is a state of Being. Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, an...
ECKHART TOLLE What a liberation to realize that the 'voice in my head' is not who I am. 'Who am I, the...
ECKHART TOLLE Most humans are never fully present in the now, because unconsciously they believe that the next mom...
ECKHART TOLLE I don't believe in an outside agent that creates the world, then walks away. But I feel very str...
ECKHART TOLLE I'm grateful for always this moment, the now, no matter what form it takes.
ECKHART TOLLE It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.
ECKHART TOLLE Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhap...
ECKHART TOLLE To know yourself as the Being underneath the thinker, the stillness underneath the mental noise, the...
ECKHART TOLLE Prejudice of any kind implies that you are identified with the thinking mind. It means you don't...
ECKHART TOLLE Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not 'yours,' not personal. They are conditions of the h...
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