Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to "die before you die" --- and find that there is no death. - Eckhart Tolle
the ego likes to emphasize the 'otherness' of others - Eckhart Tolle
Stupidity is relatively harmless, but intelligent stupidity is highly dangerous - Eckhart Tolle
Is there a difference between happiness and inner peace? Yes. Happiness depends on conditions being perceived as positive; inner peace does not. - Eckhart Tolle
Being spiritual has nothing to do with what you believe and everything to do with your state of consciousness. - Eckhart Tolle
Life isn't as serious as the mind makes it out to be. - Eckhart Tolle
The more you make your thoughts (beliefs) into your identity, the more cut off you are from the spiritual dimension within yourself. - Eckhart Tolle
Die before you die and find that there is no death. - Eckhart Tolle
Fulfill me, make me happy, make me feel safe, tell me who I am. The world cannot give you those things, and when you no longer have such expectations, all self created suffering comes to an end. - Eckhart Tolle
Some churches, sects, cults, or religious movements are basically collective egoic entities, as rigidly identified with their mental positions as the followers of any political ideology that is closed to any alternative interpretation of reality. - Eckhart Tolle
How "spiritual" you are has nothing to do with what you believe, but everything to do with your state of consciousness. - Eckhart Tolle
Being must be 'felt' it can not be 'thought. - Eckhart Tolle
The past has no power over the present moment. - Eckhart Tolle
You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level. - Eckhart Tolle
Stay present, stay conscious. - Eckhart Tolle
You realize your true identity as consciousness itself, rather than what consciousness has identified with. That's the peace of God. The ultimate truth of who you are is not I am this or I am that, but I Am. - Eckhart Tolle
To love is to recognize yourself in another. - Eckhart Tolle
Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. - Eckhart Tolle
Realize deeply that the present moment is all you will ever have. - Eckhart Tolle
Body awareness not only anchors you in the present moment. It is a doorway out of the prison that is the ego. - Eckhart Tolle
Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. - Eckhart Tolle
Suffering needs time. It cannot survive in the now. - Eckhart Tolle
The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. - Eckhart Tolle
When you no longer perceive the world as hostile, there is no more fear, and when there is no more fear, you think, speak and act differently. - Eckhart Tolle
Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge. - Eckhart Tolle
Be the silent watcher of your thoughts and behavior. You are beneath the thinker. You are the stillness beneath the mental noise. You are the love and joy beneath the pain. - Eckhart Tolle
Ego is the complete identification with form. Physical forms, thought forms, emotional forms. - Eckhart Tolle
What will be left of all the fearing and wanting associated with your problematic life situation that every day takes up most of your attention? A dash, one or two inches long, between the date of birth and date of death on your gravestone. - Eckhart Tolle