"What will be left of all the fearing and wanting associated with your problematic life situation that every day takes up most of your attention? A dash, one or two inches long, between the date of birth and date of death on your gravestone."
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Eckhart Tolle
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Quotes by Eckhart Tolle
"The past has no power over the present moment."
"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."
"Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally. If you want to take responsibility for your life, you must choose one of those three options, and you must choose now. Then accept the consequences."
"Is there a difference between happiness and inner peace? Yes. Happiness depends on conditions being perceived as positive; inner peace does not."
"The past has no power over the present moment."
"The past has no power over the present moment."
"What will be left of all the fearing and wanting associated with your problematic life situation that every day takes up most of your attention? A dash, one or two inches long, between the date of birth and date of death on your gravestone."
"To love is to recognize yourself in another."
"Realize deeply that the present moment is all you will ever have."
"The past has no power over the present moment."
"The past has no power over the present moment."
"The past has no power over the present moment."
"Life isn't as serious as the mind makes it out to be."
"Realize deeply that the present moment is all you will ever have."