"Whenever you are immersed in compulsive thinking, you……" — Eckhart Tolle

"Whenever you are immersed in compulsive thinking, you are avoiding what is. You don't want to be where you are. Here, Now."

— Eckhart Tolle

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722 Quotes by Eckhart Tolle

Eckhart Tolle has 722 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

To be identified with your mind is to be trapped in time: the compulsion to live almost exclusively through memory…
The pain-body wants to survive, just like every other entity in existence, and it can only survive if it gets…
Please open your eyes now, but keep attention in the inner energy field of the body as you look around…
There are two levels to your pain: the pain that you create now, and the pain from the past that…
All cravings are the mind seeking salvation or fulfillment in external things and in the future as a substitute for…
Your mind is an instrument, a tool. It is there to be used for a specific task, and when the…
Something inside you emerges....an innate, indwelling peace, stillness, aliveness. It is the unconditioned, who you are in your essence. It…
The insanity of the collective egoic mind, amplified by science and technology, is rapidly taking our species to the brink…
Stress is caused by being 'here' but wanting to be 'there'.
When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose…
Space has no "existence." "To exist" literally means "to stand out." You cannot understand space because it doesn't stand out.…
The atoms that make up your body were once forged inside stars, and the causes of even the smallest event…

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More Avoiding Quotes

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We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily… — Saint Augustine
I am not finding pregnancy much of a joy. I am afraid of childbirth, but I am afraid I can't… — Brigitte Bardot
I'm disappearing, avoiding most things. — Syd Barrett
Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you. — Joey Adams
If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding… — George Burns
Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
It's very important for people to know themselves and understand what their value system is, because if you don't know… — Benjamin Carson
I have several times made a poor choice by avoiding a necessary confrontation. — John Cleese
As far as I know, most organizations are avoiding population issues because they're politically frightened by the charge that comes… — Gaylord Nelson
The General who in advancing does not seek personal fame, and in withdrawing is not concerned with avoiding punishment, but… — Sun Tzu
We avoid the things that we're afraid of because we think there will be dire consequences if we confront them.… — Shakti Gawain
Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought. — Arthur Helps

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