Eckhart Tolle Quotes

You may remember the paradox of time we mentioned earlier: Whatever you do takes time, and yet it is always now. So while your inner purpose is to negate time, your outer purpose necessarily involves future and so could not exist without time. But it is always secondary. Whenever you become anxious or stressed, outer purpose has taken over, and you lost sight of your inner purpose. You have forgotten that your state of consciousness is primary, all else secondary.

I like to live in the present. I struggle with that, though, because - even for all of this "letting your life flow" stuff - I also have anxieties.

It is not necessary to do things in a state of anxiety or anguish. That is not the way to be aligned with life.

Every goal, every action, every thought, every feeling one experiences, whether it be consciously or unconsciously known, is an attempt to increase one's level of peace of mind.

I'm not a super nervous guy in general. I don't live a ton of my life in my head.

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

This is the central principle of meditation: we become what we meditate on.

Here is a new spiritual practice for you: don't take your thoughts too seriously.

Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end.

Anxiety, heartbreak, and tenderness mark the in-between state. It's the kind of place we usually want to avoid. The challenge is to stay in the middle rather than buy into struggle and complaint. The challenge is to let it soften us rather than make us more rigid and afraid.

Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.

Meditation does not mean you have to grin every moment of your life, but to learn to let your bones smile.

The quality of your life is determined by the focus of your attention.

If you shift from compulsiveness to consciousness, being joyful will not be an effort.

If the ego rises, all else will also rise; if it subsides, all else will also subside.

It can be easy to get caught up in craziness or insecurity.

Much of our anxiety and stress comes when we're focused on fear and disconnected from the voice of our inner guide.

We deal with our mind from morning till evening, and it can be our best friend or our worst enemy.

She wasn't about to go down that road herself, which was a testament to her spiritual awakening and her commitment to sanity. It was a real blessing that she didn't follow me, because oftentimes, people go out together and one comes back and the other doesn't. Or both of them never do.

While there seem to be many things to manage in the world, the most important thing to manage is your consciousness.

Remember, don't start trying to relax; that is the most absurd thing in the world. And there are many stupid people writing books about relaxation. I have come across one book - the name of the book is YOU MUST RELAX! Now that very word 'must' is enough to keep you tense. Relaxation cannot be a "must," it cannot be an effort.

Meditation is one of the ways in which the spiritual man keeps himself awake.

Meditation is that dimension of science which focuses on creating the right kind of interior, so that you can live a peaceful and joyous life.

Meditation means to go beyond the limitations of body and mind.

Mind is just in the middle. You are nothing but a mess. If you can go beyond it, intelligence grows in you; if you go below it, any intelligence that you had disappears.