“Give up defining yourself – to yourself or to others. You won’t die. You will come to life. And don’t be concerned with how others define you. When they define you, they are limiting themselves, so it’s their problem. Whenever you interact with people, don’t be there primarily as a function or a role, but as the field of conscious Presence. You can only lose something that you have, but you cannot lose something that you are.” — Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose

"Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to 'die before you die' and find that there is no death." ―Eckhart Tolle

“Here is a new spiritual practice for you: don’t take your thoughts so seriously.” — Eckhart Tolle

Anything unconscious dissolves when you shine the light of consciousness on it. Once you know how to dissolve ordinary unconsciousness, the light of your presence will shine brightly. —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 need? Because this is the experience you are having at the moment.” — 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 need? Because this is the experience you are having at the moment.”

—  Eckhart Tolle

“The past has no power over the present moment.” ― Eckhart Tolle

“The past has no power over the present moment.” ― Eckhart Tolle

Happiness depends on conditions being perceived as positive; inner peace does not. —Eckhart Tolle

"It's everybody's destiny to become a little bit more transparent to the light of consciousness shining through." -Eckhart Tolle

"The happiness that is derived from some secondary source is never very deep. It is only a pale reflection of the joy of being." -Eckhart Tolle

"No matter what the situation is, you can always find something to be grateful for." — Eckhart Tolle

"It's so wonderful to watch an animal, because an animal has no opinion about itself. It is." -Eckhart Tolle

"Look at a tree, a flower, a plant. Let your awareness rest upon it. How still it is, how deeply rooted in Being. Allow nature to teach you stillness." -Eckhart Tolle

"When you surrender to what is and so become fully present, the past ceases to have any power. You do not need it anymore. Presence is the key. The Now is the key." -Eckhart Tolle

"A new species is arising on the planet. It is arising now, and you are it!" -Eckhart Tolle

"True intelligence resides in that dimension of alert stillness. If you have access to that, that's where the original intelligence resides. So, anybody who is creative, there's not that many human beings in this world that are truly creative. Anybody who is creative has some access, perhaps only in that little area of their field of expertise, where they have some access to that dimension: the stillness." —Eckhart Tolle

"Joy does not come from what you do, it flows into what you do and thus into this world from deep within you. The misperception that joy comes from what you do is normal, and it is also dangerous, because it creates the belief that joy is something that can be derived from something else, such as an activity or thing." —Eckhart Tolle

 

"People look to time in expectation that it will eventually make them happy, but you cannot find true happiness by looking toward the future." —Eckhart Tolle

"No matter what happens, no matter how much your life changes, on thing is certain: it's always Now" -Eckhart Tolle

The moment you completely accept your non-peace, your non-peace becomes transmuted into peace. -Eckhart Tolle

“We are not what happens, we are the space in which it happens” -Eckhart Tolle