Eckhart Tolle

Eckhart Tolle is a spiritual teacher. He is a German-born resident of Canada best known as the author of The Power of Now and A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose. In 2008, The New York Times called Tolle "the most popular spiritual author in the United States". In 2011, he was listed by Watkins Review as the most spiritually influential person in the world.

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Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.

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The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately... you usually don't use it at all. It uses you.

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You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality.

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The more you live in the present moment, the more the fear of death disappears.

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Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.

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Being spiritual has nothing to do with what you believe and everything to do with your state of consciousness.

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So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

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When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.

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Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.

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Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

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What a liberation to realize that the “voice in my head” is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that.

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Don't wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.

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Life is the dancer and you are the dance.

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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.

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The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.

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Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.

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Thought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts.

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Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.

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