People Quotes by Eckhart Tolle

The way I feel is that there is a balance in my life between being alone and interacting with people, between Being…

— Eckhart Tolle

Most people want to get what they want, whereas the secret is to want what you get at this moment.

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"Going with the flow" is for some people an excuse for not taking action and it refers usually to one's life situation.

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Some people are stuck in tedious things, like their jobs, and they are bored. Other people experience one stressful thing after another.

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I usually congratulate people when they tell me, "I don't know who I am anymore".

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"Getting away from it all," many people want that, and of course ultimately the only way to get away from it all…

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For spiritual teachers, it is important not to identify with the image people inevitably have of them.

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If there are people you haven't forgiven, you're not going to really awaken. You have to let go.

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Dogmas are collective conceptual prisons. And the strange thing is that people love their prison cells because they give them a sense…

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Terrorism is an example of that extreme madness. People blow themselves up just to kill others. Unconscious reaction to terrorism is equal…

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For most people, spiritual awakening is a gradual process. Rarely does it happen all at once. When it does, though, it is…

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One could say that everybody in this world has a spiritual teacher. For most people, their losses and disasters represent the teacher;…

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Some form of suffering often brings about a readiness. One can say it cracks open the shell of the egoic mind with…

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Transformational entertainment is a story that both entertains and uplifts you, not simply because you are inspired, but because it reveals the…

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It's a wonderful thing to perceive the world and to interact with it and with other people and nature from that deep…

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Germany is a nation that created an enormous amount of suffering on the planet. The German people also themselves have suffered, because…

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Many people are so imprisoned in their minds that the beauty of nature does not really exist for them. They might say,…

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Some people are called upon to do great things externally in this world by creating some new structure that reflects their awakening…

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If you are content with being nobody in particular, content not to stand out, you align yourself with the power of the…

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People are amazed to realize they can enjoy the moment rather than be stressed by it when hurrying to an appointment. You…

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Before I wrote The Power of Now, I had a vision that I had already written the book and that it was…

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People can't live with themselves much longer. The planet cannot live with humans much longer! We have the weaponry, destruction of the…

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The reason why some people love to engage in dangerous activities, such as mountain climbing, car racing, and so on, although they…

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People believe that when they say "yes" to this moment, things won't change anymore. They're afraid that if they accept what is,…

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Many expressions that are in common usage, and sometimes the structure of language itself, reveal the fact that people don't know who…

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Most people don't know how to listen because the major part of their attention is taken up by thinking.

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Whatever you think people are withholding from you-praise, appreciation, assistance, loving care, and so on-give it to them.

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The vital function that pets fulfill in this world hasn't been fully recognized. They keep millions of people sane.

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In fact, people think you have to be stressed to be successful. They think if you are not stressed, something is wrong…

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Sometimes people need to experience great loss to really be driven deeper.

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In fact, the collective energy field of presence can be very helpful when people come together. It can give you an enormous…

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People look to the future for salvation, but the future never arrives.

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Living up to an image that you have of yourself or that other people have of you is inauthentic living.

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People always form images of who others are, and they can be inflated images.

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Whenever you interact with people,don't be there primarily as a function or a role,But as a Field of conscious Presence

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People don't realize that now is all there ever is; there is no past or future except as memory or anticipation in…

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Everything flows with much greater ease when people live as one with the present moment.

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It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living.

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Music creates a bridge for people to move out of thinking and into presence.

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Many people identify their sense of self with the problems they have, or think they have.

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