--- title: "22 Deeper Quotes By Eckhart Tolle" description: "22 Deeper quotes by Eckhart Tolle. Plus more from Eckhart Tolle and more Deeper sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f09/eckhart-tolle-81_accepting_accept-the-present-moment-and-find-the-p_1534044.jpg" --- > [Accept the present moment and find the perfection that is deeper than any form and untouched by time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/accept-the-present-moment-and-find-the-perfection-that-is-deeper-than/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f09/eckhart-tolle-81_accepting_accept-the-present-moment-and-find-the-p_1534044.jpg) > [Sometimes people need to experience great loss to really be driven deeper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/sometimes-people-need-to-experience-great-loss-to-really-be-driven/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/163/eckhart-tolle-81_death_sometimes-people-need-to-experience-grea_2044030.jpg) > [On a deeper level you are already complete. When you realize that, there is a joyous energy behind what you do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/on-a-deeper-level-you-are-already-complete-when-you-realize-that/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/114/eckhart-tolle-81_behinds_on-a-deeper-level-you-are-already-comple_13881.jpg) > [There is no separation between being and the manifested world, between the manifested and the unmanifested. But the unmanifested is so much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/there-is-no-separation-between-being-and-the-manifested-world-between/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adc/eckhart-tolle-81_deeper_there-is-no-separation-between-being-and_741328.jpg) > [In you, as in each human being, there is a dimension of consciousness far deeper than thought. It is the very essence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/in-you-as-in-each-human-being-there-is-a-dimension-of-consciousness/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f85/eckhart-tolle-81_awareness_in-you-as-in-each-human-being-there-is-a_1428192.jpg) > [That is the real spiritual awakening, when something emerges from within you that is deeper than who you thought you were. So,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/that-is-the-real-spiritual-awakening-when-something-emerges-from/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e9/eckhart-tolle-81_awakening_that-is-the-real-spiritual-awakening-whe_1348275.jpg) > [Whatever you want to achieve is secondary: the business, the exchange of information, whatever it may be. Yes, you do that also,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/whatever-you-want-to-achieve-is-secondary-the-business-the-exchange/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a0/eckhart-tolle-81_achieve_whatever-you-want-to-achieve-is-secondar_2529029.jpg) > [Whereas the notion of purpose before was always associated with future, there is now a deeper purpose that can only be found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/whereas-the-notion-of-purpose-before-was-always-associated-with/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c45/eckhart-tolle-81_deeper_whereas-the-notion-of-purpose-before-was_1029110.jpg) > [Acceptance is the embracing of what happens. Acceptance is a way of getting in touch with the deeper, timeless dimension of aware…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/acceptance-is-the-embracing-of-what-happens-acceptance-is-a-way-of/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/901/eckhart-tolle-81_acceptance_acceptance-is-the-embracing-of-what-happ_239381.jpg) > [When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/when-you-lose-touch-with-inner-stillness-you-lose-touch-with-yourself/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/eckhart-tolle-81_awareness_when-you-lose-touch-with-inner-stillness_2678343.jpg) > [Go within. Use the inner body as a starting point for going deeper and taking your attention away from where it's usually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/go-within-use-the-inner-body-as-a-starting-point-for-going-deeper-and/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6db/eckhart-tolle-81_attention_go-within-use-the-inner-body-as-a-starti_1067351.jpg) > [Every individual is in touch with the deeper level of being, the aware consciousness. If these humans form groups, they do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/every-individual-is-in-touch-with-the-deeper-level-of-being-the-aware/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a5/eckhart-tolle-81_consciousness_every-individual-is-in-touch-with-the-de_2749922.jpg) > [To know another human being in their essence, you don’t really need to know anything about them - their past, their history,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/to-know-another-human-being-in-their-essence-you-don-t-really-need-to/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/eckhart-tolle-81_concerned_to-know-another-human-being-in-their-ess_2747023.jpg) > [The best indicator of your level of consciousness is how you deal with life's challenges when they come. Through those challenges, an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/the-best-indicator-of-your-level-of-consciousness-is-how-you-deal/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/890/eckhart-tolle-81_challenges_the-best-indicator-of-your-level-of-cons_2407029.jpg) > [Feel the energy of your inner body. Immediately mental noise slows down or ceases. Feel it in your hands, your feet, your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/feel-the-energy-of-your-inner-body-immediately-mental-noise-slows/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/889/eckhart-tolle-81_abdomen_feel-the-energy-of-your-inner-body-immed_2965363.jpg) > [Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could spare them from all suffering? No, it wouldn't. They would not evolve as human beings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/wouldn-t-it-be-wonderful-if-you-could-spare-them-from-all-suffering/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b0/eckhart-tolle-81_deeper_wouldn-t-it-be-wonderful-if-you-could-sp_1084366.jpg) > [When you meet another human being, you meet the physical self, then you meet the psychological self that's behind it, which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/when-you-meet-another-human-being-you-meet-the-physical-self-then-you/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffd/eckhart-tolle-81_behavior_when-you-meet-another-human-being-you-me_243049.jpg) > [For a long time humans probably were in touch on a deeper level with the depths of their being, unconsciously so, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/for-a-long-time-humans-probably-were-in-touch-on-a-deeper-level-with/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e26/eckhart-tolle-81_animal_for-a-long-time-humans-probably-were-in_2645231.jpg) > [Even within the seemingly most unacceptable and painful situation is concealed a deeper good, and within every disaster is contained the seed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/even-within-the-seemingly-most-unacceptable-and-painful-situation-is/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85f/eckhart-tolle-81_concealed_even-within-the-seemingly-most-unaccepta_2717268.jpg) > [Every challenge takes you a little deeper and awakens you again and again. Without the challenges, you probably would go to back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/every-challenge-takes-you-a-little-deeper-and-awakens-you-again-and/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b5/eckhart-tolle-81_again-and-again_every-challenge-takes-you-a-little-deepe_2053011.jpg) > [This is the essence for every human being to realize that who they are, essentially, is far more than the physical body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/this-is-the-essence-for-every-human-being-to-realize-that-who-they/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab7/eckhart-tolle-81_body_this-is-the-essence-for-every-human-bein_2967620.jpg) > [Empathy with someone else's pain or lack and a desire to help need to be balanced with a deeper realization of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/empathy-with-someone-else-s-pain-or-lack-and-a-desire-to-help-need-to/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5e/eckhart-tolle-81_balanced_empathy-with-someone-else-s-pain-or-lack_727337.jpg) ## Other authors on Deeper ## More by Eckhart Tolle > [“The voice in the head that never stops speaking becomes a civilization that is obsessed with form and therefore knows nothing of the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/the-voice-in-the-head-that-never-stops-speaking-becomes-a/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) > [Thinking, or more precisely identification with thinking, gives rise to and maintains the ego, which, in our Western society in particular, is out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/thinking-or-more-precisely-identification-with-thinking-gives-rise-to/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) > [“A powerful spiritual practice is consciously to allow the diminishment of ego when it happens without attempting to restore it. I recommend that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/a-powerful-spiritual-practice-is-consciously-to-allow-the/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) > [To become aware of the subtlety of nature you need to be alert. The moment you become alert you become still... thinking subsides. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/to-become-aware-of-the-subtlety-of-nature-you-need-to-be-alert-the/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) > [When you are not honoring the present moment by allowing it to be, you are creating drama.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/when-you-are-not-honoring-the-present-moment-by-allowing-it-to-be-you/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) > [On a deeper level you are already complete. When you realize that, there is a joyous energy behind what you do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/on-a-deeper-level-you-are-already-complete-when-you-realize-that/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) > [Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/life-will-give-you-whatever-experience-is-most-helpful-for-the/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) > [You may not yet be able to bring your unconscious mind activity into awareness as thoughts, but it will always be reflected in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/you-may-not-yet-be-able-to-bring-your-unconscious-mind-activity-into/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/war-is-a-mind-set-and-all-action-that-comes-out-of-such-a-mind-set/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) > [Whenever you step out of the noise of thinking, that is meditation, and a different state of consciousness arises.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/whenever-you-step-out-of-the-noise-of-thinking-that-is-meditation-and/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) > [Get the inside right, and the outside will take care of itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/get-the-inside-right-and-the-outside-will-take-care-of-itself/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) > [It is very hard to tell when I started to be a spiritual teacher. There was a time when occasionally somebody would come and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/it-is-very-hard-to-tell-when-i-started-to-be-a-spiritual-teacher/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/most-people-spend-their-entire-life-imprisoned-within-the-confines-of/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) > [Let the end of the world be inside you, then you don't need to fear the end of the world out there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/let-the-end-of-the-world-be-inside-you-then-you-don-t-need-to-fear/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) > [“Jeste li zabrinuti? Razmišljate li često: »Što bi bilo da sam...?« To znači da ste se poistovjetili s umom, koji se projicira u neku…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/jeste-li-zabrinuti-razmi-ljate-li-esto-to-bi-bilo-da-sam-to-zna-i-da/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deeper/eckhart-tolle/#itemlist", "name": "22 Deeper Quotes By Eckhart Tolle", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Accept the present moment and find the perfection that is deeper than any form and untouched by time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eckhart Tolle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/accept-the-present-moment-and-find-the-perfection-that-is-deeper-than/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f09/eckhart-tolle-81_accepting_accept-the-present-moment-and-find-the-p_1534044.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f09/eckhart-tolle-81_accepting_accept-the-present-moment-and-find-the-p_1534044.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f09/eckhart-tolle-81_accepting_accept-the-present-moment-and-find-the-p_1534044.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Accept the present moment and find the perfection that is deeper than any form and untouched by time.” — Eckhart Tolle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sometimes people need to experience great loss to really be driven deeper.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eckhart Tolle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/sometimes-people-need-to-experience-great-loss-to-really-be-driven/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/163/eckhart-tolle-81_death_sometimes-people-need-to-experience-grea_2044030.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/163/eckhart-tolle-81_death_sometimes-people-need-to-experience-grea_2044030.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/163/eckhart-tolle-81_death_sometimes-people-need-to-experience-grea_2044030.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sometimes people need to experience great loss to really be driven deeper.” — Eckhart Tolle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "On a deeper level you are already complete. 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