"Neither failure nor success has the power to change your inner state of Being."
The Power to Change
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Eckhart Tolle
Life is Now
"The eternal present is the space within which your whole life unfolds, the one factor that remains constant. Life is now. There was never a time when your life was not now, nor will there ever be."
Time is an Illusion
"Time isn't precious at all, because it is an illusion."
Love makes the World less Worldly
"Love makes the world less worldly, less dense, more transparent to the divine dimension, the light of consciousness itself."
Allow Nature to Teach you Stillness
"Look at a tree, a flower, a plant. Let your awareness rest upon it. How still they are, how deeply rooted in Being. Allow nature to teach you stillness."
False Sense of Self
"Religion, to a large extent, became divisive rather than unifying forces. Instead of bringing about an ending of violence and hatred through a realization of the fundamental oneness of all life, they brought more violence and hatred, more divisions between people as...
The Secret to Life
"Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret to life is to 'die before you die' -- and find that there is no death."
Let Stillness direct your Words and Actions
"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 intelligence within you. Let stillness direct your words and actions."
Pain can only Feed on Pain
"Pain can only feed on pain. Pain cannot feed on joy. It finds it quite indigestible."
Falling in Love
"What is commonly called 'falling in love' is in most cases an intensification of egoistic wanting and needing. You become addicted to another person, or rather to your image of that person. It has nothing to do with true love, which contains no wanting whatsoever."