Religion Quotes by Eckhart Tolle

As you become present and thereby total in what you do, your actions become charged with spiritual power.

— Eckhart Tolle

Here is a new spiritual practice for you: don't take your thoughts too seriously.

— Eckhart Tolle

Being spiritual has nothing to do with what you believe and everything to do with your state of consciousness.

— Eckhart Tolle

A teacher or teaching is not essential for spiritual awakening, but they save time.

— Eckhart Tolle

The little saying, 'Be still and know that I Am God' ... contains the entire wisdom of religion in those few words.

— Eckhart Tolle

Our animal friends’ non-reactive and forgiving natures can teach us positive spiritual lessons on a daily basis.

— Eckhart Tolle

Often suffering is the trigger, or a spiritual teaching, or both. Call it readiness, or grace. This is the beginning of the…

— Eckhart Tolle

When the mind loses its density, you become translucent, like the flower. Spirit - the formless - shines through you into the…

— Eckhart Tolle

My main life interest and purpose is to bring spiritual awakening into this world, to be a vehicle for the flowering of…

— Eckhart Tolle

“outside of the structures of the existing institutionalized religions. There were always pockets of spirituality even in mind-dominated religions, although the institutionalized…

— Eckhart Tolle

That is the real spiritual awakening, when something emerges from within you that is deeper than who you thought you were. So,…

— Eckhart Tolle

Since ancient times, spiritual masters of all traditions have pointed to the Now as the key to the spiritual dimension. Despite this,…

— Eckhart Tolle

Some people awaken spiritually without ever coming into contact with any meditation technique or any spiritual teaching. They may awaken simply because…

— Eckhart Tolle

When there is spiritual awakening, you awaken into the fullness, the aliveness, and also the sacredness of now. You were absent, asleep,…

— Eckhart Tolle

Not until you surrender does the spiritual dimension become a living reality in your life. When you do, the energy you emanate…

— Eckhart Tolle

Complete surrender usually happens through living. Your very life is the ground where that happens. There may be a partial surrender and…

— Eckhart Tolle

“And so religions, to a large extent, became divisive rather than unifying forces. Instead of bringing about an ending of violence and…

— Eckhart Tolle

It is precisely through the onset of old age, through loss or personal tragedy, that the spiritual dimension would traditionally come into…

— Eckhart Tolle

The word 'heart' can refer to an emotional bond between people, and also to the precious faculty of empathy, an 'open heart',…

— Eckhart Tolle

“Many people are already aware of the difference between spirituality and religion. They realize that having a belief system—a set of thoughts…

— Eckhart Tolle

“The down cycle is absolutely essential for spiritual realization. You must have failed deeply on some level or experienced some deep loss…

— Eckhart Tolle

For many people, the first indication of a spiritual awakening is that they suddenly become aware of their thoughts. They become a…

— Eckhart Tolle

This new large-scale spiritual awakening is occurring primarily not within the confines of the established religions, but outside of those structures. Some…

— Eckhart Tolle

“Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry — all forms of fear — are caused by too much future, and not enough presence. Guilt,…

— Eckhart Tolle

“When I occasionally quote the words of Jesus or the Buddha, from A Course in Miracles or from other teachings, I do…

— Eckhart Tolle

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

— Eckhart Tolle

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

— Eckhart Tolle

Words that arise spontaneously out of the state of presence are charged with spiritual power: the power to awaken.

— Eckhart Tolle

The more you make your thoughts and beliefs into your identity, the more cut off you are from the spiritual dimension within…

— Eckhart Tolle

I cannot tell you any spiritual truth that deep within you don't know already. All I can do is remind you of…

— Eckhart Tolle

It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.

— Eckhart Tolle

To realize that you are not your thoughts is when you begin to awaken spiritually.

— Eckhart Tolle

You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality.

— Eckhart Tolle

Everybody who is not awake spiritually is totally identified with and run by their thinking mind - the incessant voice in the…

— Eckhart Tolle

Thought alone cannot recognize spiritual truths no matter how highly developed thought is. It's impossible.

— Eckhart Tolle

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

— Eckhart Tolle

I know that at the core of each religion there is the truth, heavily obscured in some cases, but it's there.

— Eckhart Tolle

Spiritual awakening - is becoming awake to the aliveness of this moment.

— Eckhart Tolle

A simple but radical spiritual practice is to accept whatever arises in the Now, within and without.

— Eckhart Tolle

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

— Eckhart Tolle