Mind Quotes by Eckhart Tolle

“You are not your mind”

— Eckhart Tolle

“So give up waiting as a state of mind.”

— Eckhart Tolle

Wake up. Get out of your mind. Be present.

— Eckhart Tolle

All problems are illusions of the mind.

— Eckhart Tolle

If you don't mind being unhappy, what happens to the unhappiness?

— Eckhart Tolle

“The mind unconsciously loves problems because they give you an identity of sorts.”

— Eckhart Tolle

If your mind is still... You can sense the peace that emanates from the earth.

— Eckhart Tolle

The future is an imagined Now, a projection of the mind.

— Eckhart Tolle

This is my secret," he said. "I don't mind what happens.

— Eckhart Tolle

“The predominance of mind is no more than a stage in the evolution of consciousness.”

— Eckhart Tolle

You believe that you are your mind. This is the delusion.

— Eckhart Tolle

Knowing yourself is to be rooted in Being, instead of lost in your mind.

— Eckhart Tolle

To stay present in everyday life, it helps to be deeply rooted within yourself; otherwise, the mind, which has incredible momentum, will…

— Eckhart Tolle

My mind cannot know you, only labels, judgments, facts, and opinions about you. Being alone knows directly.

— Eckhart Tolle

Tragedy turns into comedy when you watch your own drama and realizing it as a mind-created fiction designed to create you a…

— Eckhart Tolle

Identification with your mind creates an opaque screen of concepts, labels, images, words, judgments, and definitions that blocks all true relationship.

— Eckhart Tolle

The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately... you…

— Eckhart Tolle

By watching the mechanics of the mind, you step out of its resistance patterns, and you can then allow the present moment…

— Eckhart Tolle

To be conscious of Being, you need to reclaim consciousness from the mind. This is one of the most essential tasks on…

— Eckhart Tolle

Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not 'yours,' not personal. They are conditions of the human mind. They come and go. Nothing…

— Eckhart Tolle

Being aware of your breath forces you into the present moment - the key to all inner transformation. Whenever you are conscious…

— Eckhart Tolle

To me the ego is the habitual and compulsive thought processes that go through everybody's mind continuously. External things like possessions or…

— Eckhart Tolle

Science and technology have amplified the effects of the dysfunction of the human mind in its unawakened state to such a degree…

— Eckhart Tolle

Forget about your life situation and pay attention to your life. Your life situation exists in time. Your life is now. Your…

— Eckhart Tolle

The ego is not only the unobserved mind, the voice in the head which pretends to be you, but also the unobserved…

— Eckhart Tolle

We can't escape from the world anymore; we can't escape from the mind. We need to enter surrender while we are in…

— Eckhart Tolle

If your mind carries a heavy burden of past, you will experience more of the same. The past perpetuates itself through lack…

— Eckhart Tolle

The mind, conditioned as it is by the past, always seeks to re-create what it knows and is familiar with. Even if…

— Eckhart Tolle

Choice implies consciousness - a high degree of consciousness. Without it, you have no choice. Choice begins the moment you disidentify from…

— Eckhart Tolle

The beginning of freedom is the realization that you are not “the thinker.” The moment you start watching the thinker, a higher…

— Eckhart Tolle

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

— Eckhart Tolle

To be identified with your mind is to be trapped in time: the compulsion to live almost exclusively through memory and anticipation.…

— Eckhart Tolle

When you continuously know and sense yourself as the space of consciousness rather than what appears in consciousness - sense perceptions, thoughts,…

— Eckhart Tolle

“What you think of as the past is a memory trace, stored in the mind, of a former Now. When you remember…

— Eckhart Tolle

The philosopher Descartes believed he had found the most fundamental truth when he made his famous statement: "I think, therefore I am."…

— Eckhart Tolle

Thought subsides when you pet your dog or you have a purring cat on your chest. Even just watching an animal can…

— Eckhart Tolle

“an emotion is the body’s reaction to your mind. What”

— Eckhart Tolle

“Life isn't as serious as my mind makes it out to be.”

— Eckhart Tolle

An emotion is your body's reaction to your mind.

— Eckhart Tolle

Music bypasses the conceptual mind. Music does not give you food for thought...

— Eckhart Tolle