Eckhart Tolle is one of the 20th century’s greatest spiritualists. In a comprehensive list of 81 quotes, his enlightened viewpoint is demonstrated as expressed in the phrase: “Non-resistance, non-judgment, and non-attachment are the three aspects of true freedom and enlightened living.” As you read each one, absorb its full meaning. Every quote is an opportunity for you to be guided by and follow its pure essence, in living life fully.
41. “The significance is hiding in the insignificant. Appreciate everything.”
42. “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.”
43. “Life isn’t as serious as the mind makes it out to be.”
44. “‘This is my secret,’ he said. ‘I don’t mind what happens.’”
45. “It is when we are trapped in incessant streams of compulsive thinking that the universe really disintegrates for us, and we LOSE the ability to sense the interconnectedness of all that exists.”
46. “When another recognizes you, that recognition draws the dimension of Being more fully into this world through both of you. That is the love that REDEEMS the world.”
47. “All problems are illusions of the mind.”
48. “The human condition: lost in thought.”
49. “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.”
50. “Through the present moment, you have access to the power of life itself, that which has traditionally been called ‘God’. As soon as you turn away from it, God ceases to be a reality in your life, and all you are left with is the mental concept of God, which some people believe in and others deny. Even belief in God is only a poor substitute for the living reality of God manifesting every moment of your life.”
51. “Doing is never enough if you neglect Being.”
52. “Words reduce reality to something the human mind can grasp, which isn’t very much.”
53. “Authentic human interactions become impossible when you LOSE yourself in a role.”
54. “Nonresistance is the key to the greatest power in the universe.”
55. “The ego wants to want more than it wants to have.”
56. “In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and humility are contradictory. In truth, they are one and the same.”
57. “Love is a state of Being. Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you.”
58. “The moment that judgment stops through acceptance of what it is, you are free of the mind. You have made room for love, for joy, for peace.”
59. “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.”
60. “The greatest achievement of humanity is not its works of art, science, or technology, but the recognition of its own dysfunction.”
61. “Only the truth of who you are, if realized, will set you free.”
62. “Even a stone, and more easily a FLOWER OR a bird, could show you the way back to God, to the Source, to yourself. When you look at it or hold it and let it be without imposing a word of mental label on it, a sense of awe, of wonder, arises within you. Its essence silently communicates itself to you and reflects your own essence back to you.”
63. “The brain does not create consciousness, but consciousness created the brain, the most complex physical form on earth, for its expression.”
64. “You are here to enable the divine purpose of the Universe to unfold. That is how important you are!”
65. “In today’s rush we all think too much, seek too much, want too much and forget about the joy of just Being.”
66. “The beginning of freedom is the realization that you are not “the thinker.” The moment you start watching the thinker, a higher level of consciousness becomes activated. You then begin to realize that there is a vast realm of intelligence beyond thought, that thought is only a tiny aspect of that intelligence. You also realize that all the things that truly matter – beauty, love, creativity, joy, inner peace – arise from beyond the mind. You begin to awaken.”
67. “Words reduce reality to something the human mind can grasp, which isn’t very much. Language consists of five basic sounds produced by the vocal cords. They are the vowels a, e, i, o, u. The other sounds are consonants produced by air pressure: s, f, g, and so forth. Do you believe some combination of such basic sounds could ever explain who you are, or the ultimate purpose of the universe, or even what a tree or stone is in its depth?”
68. “It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living.”
69. “The past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that.”
70. “The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately, it is not so much that you use your mind wrongly—you usually don’t use it at all. It uses you. All the things that truly matter — beauty, love, creativity, joy, inner peace — arise from beyond the mind…”
71. “When this delusion of utter separateness underlies and governs whatever I think, say, and do, what kind of world do I create?”
72. “That in you which recognizes madness as madness (even if it is your own) is sanity, is the arising awareness, is the end of insanity.”
73. “Those who have not found their true wealth, which is the radiant joy of Being and the deep, unshakable peace that comes with it, are beggars, even if they have great material wealth.”
74. “Each person’s life – each lifeform, in fact – represents a world, a unique way in which the universe experiences itself.”
75. “Nothing has ever happened in the past that can prevent you from being present now; and if the past cannot prevent you from being present now, what power does it have?”
76. “Love, joy, and peace cannot flourish until you have freed yourself from mind dominance.”
77. “Not to be able to stop thinking is a dreadful affliction, but we don’t realize this because almost everyone is suffering from it, so it is considered normal. This incessant mental noise prevents you from finding that realm of inner stillness that is inseparable from Being.”
78. “Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.”
79. “Throughout history humans have inflicted countless violent, cruel, and hurtful acts on each other, and continue to do so. Are they all to be condemned; are they all guilty? Or are those acts simply expressions of unconsciousness, an evolutionary stage that we are now growing out of?
Jesus’ words, “Forgive them for they do not know what they do,” also APPLY to yourself.”
80. “The key is to be in a state of permanent connectedness with your inner body – to feel it at all times. This will rapidly deepen and transform your life. The more consciousness you direct into the inner body, the higher its vibrational frequency becomes.”
81. “Nothing has happened in the past; it happened in the Now. Nothing will ever happen in the future; it will happen in the Now.”
By Eckhart Tolle Re-Posted: Miracles Directory, Healthy Living Resource