Eckhart Tolle Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Eckhart Tolle quotes, Eckhart Tolle sayings, and Eckhart Tolle proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Narrow your life down to this moment. Your life situation may be full of problems – most life situations are – but find out if you have a problem at this moment. Do you have a problem now? Eckhart Tolle
Watch the clouds. They will teach you about the world of form. Eckhart Tolle
You are the sky. The clouds are what happens, what comes and goes. Eckhart Tolle
Life is the dancer and you are the dance. Eckhart Tolle
Life is the dancer and you are the dance. Eckhart Tolle
Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge. Eckhart Tolle
For most people, spiritual awakening is a gradual process. Rarely does it happen all at once. When it does, though, it is usually brought about by intense suffering. Eckhart Tolle
That is the real spiritual awakening, when something emerges from within you that is deeper than who you thought you were. So, the person is still there, but one could almost say that something more powerful shines through the person. Eckhart Tolle
When there is spiritual awakening, you awaken into the fullness, the aliveness, and also the sacredness of now. You were absent, asleep, and now you are present, awake. Eckhart Tolle
For many people, the first indication of a spiritual awakening is that they suddenly become aware of their thoughts. They become a witness to their thoughts, so to speak. They are not completely identified with their mind anymore and so they begin to sense that there is a depth to them that they had never known before. Eckhart Tolle
A teacher or teaching is not essential for spiritual awakening, but they save time. Eckhart Tolle
Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge. Eckhart Tolle
Thinking without awareness is the main dilemma of human existence. Eckhart Tolle
Watch the clouds. They will teach you about the world of form. Eckhart Tolle
The future is an imagined now, a projection of the mind. Eckhart Tolle
When you complain, you make yourself a victim. Leave the situation, change the situation, or accept it. All else is madness. Eckhart Tolle
People don't realize that now is all there ever is there is no past or future except as memory or anticipation in your mind. Eckhart Tolle
Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. Eckhart Tolle
The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical appearance, special abilities, relationships, person and family history, belief systems, and often nationalistic, racial, religious, and other collective identifications. None of these is you. Eckhart Tolle
Now is all you ever have. There never is anything else. So, you might as well make the now your friend. Otherwise, you are out of alignment with life itself. Eckhart Tolle
Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge. Eckhart Tolle
Deal with the past on the level of the present. The more attention you give to the past, the more you energize it, and the more likely you are to make a 'self' out o it. Eckhart Tolle
The present moment is sometimes unacceptable, unpleasant, or awful. Eckhart Tolle
Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life. Eckhart Tolle
Always say 'yes' to the present moment. What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to something that already is. Eckhart Tolle
Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it. Eckhart Tolle
All the things that truly matter, beauty, love, creativity, joy, and inner peace arise from beyond the mind. Eckhart Tolle
Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not 'yours,' not personal. They are conditions of the human mind. They come and go. Nothing that comes and goes is you. Eckhart Tolle
Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge. Eckhart Tolle
Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance. Eckhart Tolle