--- title: "24 Future Quotes By Eckhart Tolle" description: "24 Future quotes by Eckhart Tolle. Plus more from Eckhart Tolle and more Future sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57c/eckhart-tolle-81_inspirational_the-future-is-an-imagined-now-a-projecti_927521.jpg" --- > [The future is an imagined Now, a projection of the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/the-future-is-an-imagined-now-a-projection-of-the-mind/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57c/eckhart-tolle-81_inspirational_the-future-is-an-imagined-now-a-projecti_927521.jpg) > [The future is only a thought form. Work with the present moment. Be with what is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/the-future-is-only-a-thought-form-work-with-the-present-moment-be/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/587/eckhart-tolle-81_form_the-future-is-only-a-thought-form-work-w_2421777.jpg) > [What the future holds for you depends on your state of consciousness now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/what-the-future-holds-for-you-depends-on-your-state-of-consciousness/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f6/eckhart-tolle-81_consciousness_what-the-future-holds-for-you-depends-on_469227.jpg) > [The future never comes. Life is always now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/the-future-never-comes-life-is-always-now/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/099/eckhart-tolle-81_life_the-future-never-comes-life-is-always-no_1485796.jpg) > [If your relationship to the present moment is not right - nothing can ever be right in the future - because when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/if-your-relationship-to-the-present-moment-is-not-right-nothing-can/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94b/eckhart-tolle-81_ifs_if-your-relationship-to-the-present-mome_1695026.jpg) > [Don't think of yourself as having a past, don't think of yourself as having a future. What's left?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/don-t-think-of-yourself-as-having-a-past-don-t-think-of-yourself-as/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d5/eckhart-tolle-81_left_don-t-think-of-yourself-as-having-a-past_1099213.jpg) > [Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/discontent-blaming-complaining-self-pity-cannot-serve-as-a-foundation/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a54/eckhart-tolle-81_blame_discontent-blaming-complaining-self-pity_2853018.jpg) > [“Nothing ever happened in the past; it happened in the Now. Nothing will ever happen in the future; it will happen in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/nothing-ever-happened-in-the-past-it-happened-in-the-now-nothing-will/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb8/eckhart-tolle-81_future_nothing-ever-happened-in-the-past-it-hap_3074601.jpg) > [The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/the-power-for-creating-a-better-future-is-contained-in-the-present/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/695/eckhart-tolle-81_better-future_the-power-for-creating-a-better-future-i_2306461.jpg) > [Nothing has happened in the past; it happened in the Now. Nothing will ever happen in the future; it will happen in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/nothing-has-happened-in-the-past-it-happened-in-the-now-nothing-will/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee7/eckhart-tolle-81_future_nothing-has-happened-in-the-past-it-happ_2522034.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) > [People don't realize that now is all there ever is; there is no past or future except as memory or anticipation in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/people-don-t-realize-that-now-is-all-there-ever-is-there-is-no-past/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a9/eckhart-tolle-81_anticipation_people-don-t-realize-that-now-is-all-the_2335422.jpg) > [Ask yourself what problem you have right now. Not next year, tomorrow or five minutes from now. You can always cope with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/ask-yourself-what-problem-you-have-right-now-not-next-year-tomorrow/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dc/eckhart-tolle-81_action_ask-yourself-what-problem-you-have-right_2551723.jpg) > [People tend to dwell more on negative things than on good things. So the mind then becomes obsessed with negative things, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/people-tend-to-dwell-more-on-negative-things-than-on-good-things-so/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c8/eckhart-tolle-81_anxiety_people-tend-to-dwell-more-on-negative-th_1064612.jpg) > [“Usually, the future is a replica of the past. Superficial changes are possible, but real transformation is rare and depends upon whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/usually-the-future-is-a-replica-of-the-past-superficial-changes-are/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f98/eckhart-tolle-81_change_usually-the-future-is-a-replica-of-the-p_1936344.jpg) > [The future is usually imagined as either better or worse than the present. If the imagined future is better, it gives you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/the-future-is-usually-imagined-as-either-better-or-worse-than-the/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/067/eckhart-tolle-81_anticipation_the-future-is-usually-imagined-as-either_1433703.jpg) > [So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/so-many-people-have-this-idea-i-want-to-achieve-something-great-or-be/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a49/eckhart-tolle-81_achieve_so-many-people-have-this-idea-i-want-to_359831.jpg) > [What you encounter at your destination once you get there depends on the quality of this one step. Another way of putting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/what-you-encounter-at-your-destination-once-you-get-there-depends-on/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3d/eckhart-tolle-81_another-way_what-you-encounter-at-your-destination-o_1355147.jpg) > [A great deal of what people say, think, or do is actually motivate by fear, which of course is always linked with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/a-great-deal-of-what-people-say-think-or-do-is-actually-motivate-by/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec0/eckhart-tolle-81_courses_a-great-deal-of-what-people-say-think-or_222066.jpg) > [The more you are focused on time-past and future-the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/the-more-you-are-focused-on-time-past-and-future-the-more-you-miss/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee2/eckhart-tolle-81_focused_the-more-you-are-focused-on-time-past-an_1786132.jpg) > [You can always cope with the present moment, but you cannot cope with something that is only a mind projection - you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/you-can-always-cope-with-the-present-moment-but-you-cannot-cope-with/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b70/eckhart-tolle-81_future_you-can-always-cope-with-the-present-mom_2106292.jpg) > [The future does not exist, because nobody has ever experienced it. You can only ever experience a present moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/the-future-does-not-exist-because-nobody-has-ever-experienced-it-you/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b6/eckhart-tolle-81_doe_the-future-does-not-exist-because-nobody_1881510.jpg) > [People look to time in expectation that it will eventually make them happy, but you cannot find true happiness by looking toward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/people-look-to-time-in-expectation-that-it-will-eventually-make-them/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e5/eckhart-tolle-81_expectations_people-look-to-time-in-expectation-that_1657997.jpg) > [The quality of your consciousness at this moment is what shapes the future — which, of course, can only be experienced as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/the-quality-of-your-consciousness-at-this-moment-is-what-shapes-the/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/486/eckhart-tolle-81_consciousness_the-quality-of-your-consciousness-at-thi_2135379.jpg) ## Other authors on Future - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-nishan-panwar-14.jpg) Nishan Panwar 41 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/future/nishan-panwar/) - [Mehmet Murat Ildan 38 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/future/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [Shannon L. Alder 33 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/future/shannon-l-alder/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-anurag-prakash-ray-38.jpg) Anurag Prakash Ray 33 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/future/anurag-prakash-ray/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-green-51499.jpg) John Green 31 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/future/john-green/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-ritu-ghatourey-5.jpg) Ritu Ghatourey 27 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/future/ritu-ghatourey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-gibson-95436.jpg) William Gibson 25 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/future/william-gibson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-hussein-nishah-292.jpg) Hussein Nishah 24 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/future/hussein-nishah/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 22 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/future/paulo-coelho/) - [Lailah Gifty Akita 22 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/future/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [Jarod Kintz 22 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/future/jarod-kintz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 22 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/future/barack-obama/) ## 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/future/eckhart-tolle/#itemlist", "name": "24 Future Quotes By Eckhart Tolle", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The future is an imagined Now, a projection of the mind.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eckhart Tolle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/the-future-is-an-imagined-now-a-projection-of-the-mind/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57c/eckhart-tolle-81_inspirational_the-future-is-an-imagined-now-a-projecti_927521.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57c/eckhart-tolle-81_inspirational_the-future-is-an-imagined-now-a-projecti_927521.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57c/eckhart-tolle-81_inspirational_the-future-is-an-imagined-now-a-projecti_927521.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The future is an imagined Now, a projection of the mind.” — Eckhart Tolle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The future is only a thought form. 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