Eckhart Tolle
Born: 01-01-1948
Eckhart Tolle is a renowned spiritual teacher and author, best known for his transformative works "The Power of Now" and "A New Earth." Born in Germany and educated at the University of London, Tolle experienced a profound inner transformation at age 29. His teachings emphasize mindfulness, presence, and the dissolution of the ego, offering guidance for personal growth and spiritual awakening.
Book summaries for books written by Eckhart Tolle
Quotes
The only thing that is ultimately real about your journey is the step that you are taking at this moment. That’s all there ever is.
To be free of time is to be free of the psychological need of the future for your fulfillment.
True intelligence operates silently. Stillness is where creativity and solutions to problems are found.
When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world.
The present moment is all you ever have. There is never a time when your life is not ‘this moment.’
The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive.
The past has no power over the present moment.
To be aware of little, quiet things, you need to be quiet inside. A high degree of alertness is required.
You do not become good by trying to be good, but by finding the goodness that is already within you.
What a liberation to realize that the “voice in my head” is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that.
Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the NOW the primary focus of your life.
The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.