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Time Quotes by Eckhart Tolle

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Being alert makes you still, and the mind quiets. Eckhart Tolle teaches that honoring the present moment stops drama and lets you observe thoughts without getting trapped. He also says acceptance and action together shape a calmer life in daily life.

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The fullness of life is only accessible in the present moment.

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The secret of awakening is to unconditionally accept this moment as it is.

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

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You have to be still for a moment to even notice that there is silence outside.

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You find God the moment you realize that you don't need to seek God

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“The present moment is all you will ever have.”

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“why Human should not look at the past?”

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As soon as you honor the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle dissolve.

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You can be very much aware that when you are stressed, it always is a sign you have lost the present moment.…

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Enlightenment means choosing to dwell in a state of presence rather than in time. It means saying yes to what is.

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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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“Waiting is a state of mind. Basically, it means that you want the future; you don’t want the present.”

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“So you see and judge the present through the eyes of the past and get a totally distorted view of it.”

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

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Don't think of yourself as having a past, don't think of yourself as having a future. What's left?

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True salvation is freedom from negativity, and above all from past and future as a psychological need.

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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…

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You create a good future by creating a good present. How do you do that? By recognizing the goodness that is already…

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The key is to be in a state of permanent connectedness with your inner body - to feel it at all times.…

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You accept whatever happens in the present moment, the only place where it can happen. Internally, you fully accept what is happening,…

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Just watching an animal closely can take you out of your mind and bring you into the present moment, which is where…

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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…

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Time isn’t precious at all, because it is an illusion. What you perceive as precious is not time but the one point…

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Meditate or spend silent time in nature with your partner. When going for a walk or sitting in the car or at…

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When you look upon another human being and feel great love toward them, or when you contemplate beauty in nature and something…

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You can enjoy the present moment, and you can be aligned with the doing. A different state of consciousness, then, is the…

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“Why is [the now] the most precious thing? Firstly, because it is the only thing. It’s all there is. The eternal present…

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“An increasingly heavy burden of time has been accumulating in the human mind. All individuals are suffering under this burden, but they…

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“every time you walk up and down the stairs in your house or place of work, pay close attention to every step,…

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An enlightened person or business is not concerned primarily with making money, because when you are concerned with making money you want…

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Instead of 'watching the thinker,' you can also create a gap in the mind stream simply by directing the focus of your…

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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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“You mean stop thinking altogether? No, I can’t, except maybe for a moment or two. Then the mind is using you. You…

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“The first thing to remember is this: As long as you make an identity for yourself out of the pain, you cannot…

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“To the ego, the present moment hardly exists. Only past and future are considered important. This total reversal of the truth accounts…

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“A woman in her thirties came to see me. As she greeted me, I could sense the pain behind her polite and…

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“Once you have reached a certain level of consciousness, (and if you are reading this, you almost certainly have), you are able…

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“The more attention you give to the past, the more you energize it, and the more likely you are to make a…

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“If you both agree that the relationship will be your spiritual practice, so much the better. You can then express your thoughts…

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“A powerful spiritual practice is consciously to allow the diminishment of ego when it happens without attempting to restore it. I recommend…

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Thinking, or more precisely identification with thinking, gives rise to and maintains the ego, which, in our Western society in particular, is out of…

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To become aware of the subtlety of nature you need to be alert. The moment you become alert you become still... thinking subsides. That…

When you are not honoring the present moment by allowing it to be, you are creating drama.

On a deeper level you are already complete. When you realize that, there is a joyous energy behind what you do.

Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you…

You may not yet be able to bring your unconscious mind activity into awareness as thoughts, but it will always be reflected in the…

“War is a mind-set, and all action that comes out of such a mind-set will either strengthen the enemy, the perceived evil, or, if…

Whenever you step out of the noise of thinking, that is meditation, and a different state of consciousness arises.

Get the inside right, and the outside will take care of itself.

It is very hard to tell when I started to be a spiritual teacher. There was a time when occasionally somebody would come and…

Most people spend their entire life imprisoned within the confines of their own thoughts. They never go beyond a narrow, mind-made, personalized sense of…

Let the end of the world be inside you, then you don't need to fear the end of the world out there.

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