It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living."

"Time isn’t precious at all, because it is an illusion. What you perceive as precious is not time but the one point that is out of time: the Now. That is precious indeed."

"Watch the thought, feel the emotion, observe the reaction. Don’t judge or analyze. Watch the thinker."

Love is not selective, just as the light of the sun is not selective. It does not make one person special. It is not exclusive."

"All problems are illusions of the mind.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life."

Nothing ever happened in the past; it happened in the Now. Nothing will ever happen in the future; it will happen in the Now."

"You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level."

"To realize that you are not your thoughts is when you begin to awaken spiritually."

"The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it."

Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it."

"The more you are focused on time—past and future—the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is."

"Presence is the key to freedom, so you can only be free now."

"Life is now. There was never a time when your life was not now, nor will there ever be."

"Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live."

These quotes encapsulate Tolle's teachings on mindfulness, presence, and the importance of living in the moment to achieve spiritual enlightenment and inner peace.

Here are some impactful quotes from The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle:

To make the journey into the Now we will need to leave our analytical mind and its false created self, the ego, behind. From the very first page of Eckhart Tolle's extraordinary book, we move rapidly into a significantly higher altitude where we breathe a lighter air. We become connected to the indestructible essence of our Being, “The eternal, ever present One Life beyond the myriad forms of life that are subject to birth and death.” Although the journey is challenging, Eckhart Tolle uses simple language and an easy question and answer format to guide us. A word of mouth phenomenon since its first publication, The Power of Now is one of those rare books with the power to create an experience in readers, one that can radically change their lives for the better.

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Eckhart Tolle is a teacher, author, and entrepreneur. He is a German-born resident of Canada best known as the author of The Power of Now and A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose. Tolle does not identify with any specific religion, but he has been influenced by multiple spiritual works.

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