Eckhart Tolle Quotes

I am; I was. I want to be.

In the end, it's about what you want to be, not what you want to have.

To be on a quest is nothing more or less than to become an asker of questions.

I believe in one day and someday and this perfect moment called Now.

You yourselves are the Being you are seeking.

At first, there is something you expect of life. Later, there is what life expects of you. By the time you realize these are the same, it can be too late for expectations. What we are being, not what we are to be. They are the same thing.

For I have always been a seeker, a dreamer, and a ponderer on seeking and dreaming.

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.

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.

Life flies by, and it's easy to get lost in the blur. In adolescence, it's 'How do I fit in?' In your 20s, it's 'What do I want to do?' In your 30s, 'Is this what I'm meant to do?' I think the trick is living the questions. Not worrying so much about what's ahead but rather sitting in the grey area - being OK with where you are.

I'm always thinking about identity. And the middle-school years are a time of exploring questions about who you are and who you want to be. For the first time, you see the world in a broader sense.

The only thing you ever have is now.

Curiosity is the essence of human existence. 'Who are we? Where are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going?'... I don't know. I don't have any answers to those questions. I don't know what's over there around the corner. But I want to find out.

A theatre is the most important sort of house in the world because that's where people are shown what they could be if they wanted and what they'd like to be if they dared to and what they really are.

'Who are we?' And to me that's the essential question that's always been in science fiction. A lot of science fiction stories are - at their very best - evocations of that question. When we look up at the night sky and wonder, 'Is there anyone else out there?' we're also asking who we are we in relation to them.

Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance.

Before turning 32 is an amazing time to do radical things. You figure out who you are while you figure out who you are not.

Now is the only thing that exists.

I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.

The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now.

There's no destination. The journey is all that there is, and it can be very, very joyful.

No matter how you travel, it's still you going.

We live trapped, between the churned-up and examined past and a future that waits for our work.

I'm not sure who I am. That's why I keep saying I'm an adventurer that goes out.

Life, is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming.