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Words Quotes by Eckhart Tolle
- Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and just listen. No more is needed. Being still, looking, and listening activates the non-conceptual…
- My sense of identity broke down and was replaced by something that is very hard to put into words. Awareness, Consciousness.
- Pay attention to the gap - the gap between two thoughts, the brief, silent space between words in a conversation, between the notes of a…
- Stillness is your essential nature. What is stillness? The inner space or awareness in which the words on this page are bieng perceived and become…
- Don't get stuck on the level of words. A word is no more than a means to an end. It's an abstraction. Not unlike a…
- The 'soul' is one of the words you can use to talk about your innermost being, the essence of who you are.
- The little saying, 'Be still and know that I Am God' ... contains the entire wisdom of religion in those few words.
- There are three words that convey the secret of the art of living, the secret of all success and happiness. One With Life.
- The Truth is far more all-encompassing than the mind could ever comprehend. No thought can encapsulate the Truth. At best, it can point to it.…
- Many adults play roles when they speak to young children. They use silly words and sounds. They talk down to the child. They don't treat…
- Identification with your mind creates an opaque screen of concepts, labels, images, words, judgments, and definitions that blocks all true relationship.
- Once you have made peace with the present moment, see what happens, what you can do or choose to do, or rather what life does…
- True listening is another way of bringing stillness into the relationship. When you truly listen to someone, the dimension of stillness arises and becomes an…
- When you don't cover up the world with words and labels, a sense of the miraculous returns to your life that was lost a long…
- Words reduce reality to something the human mind can grasp, which isn’t very much.
- Words reduce reality to something the human mind can grasp, which isn’t very much. Language consists of five basic sounds produced by the vocal cords.…
- Throughout history humans have inflicted countless violent, cruel, and hurtful acts on each other, and continue to do so. Are they all to be condemned;…
More Words Quotes
- Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
- I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then… — Paul Auster
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
- When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something… — Chinua Achebe
- Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both verbal and… — Rowan Atkinson
- I don't think of poetry as a 'rational' activity but as an aural one. My poems usually begin with words or phrases… — Margaret Atwood
- The genesis of a poem for me is usually a cluster of words. The only good metaphor I can think of is… — Margaret Atwood
- The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences. — Saint Augustine
- Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride… — Jane Austen
- Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the… — Teresa of Avila
- The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are suitable or… — Teresa of Avila