“People don't realize that now is all there ever is there is no past or future except as memory or anticipation in your mind.”
More from Eckhart Tolle on Mindfulness
“Rather than being your thoughts and emotions, be the awareness behind them.”
“When you are fully conscious, drama does not come into your life anymore.”
“Body awareness not only anchors you in the present moment. It is a doorway out of the prison that is the ego.”
“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.”
“The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.”
“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life.”
Others on Mindfulness
Thich Nhat Hanh
13 quotes“Live the actual moment. Only this actual moment is life.”
Robert M. Pirsig
5 quotes“The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.”
Osho
5 quotes“Be — don't try to become”
Zhuangzi
4 quotes“Flow with whatever may happen, and let your mind be free: Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the...”
Alan Watts
3 quotes“For there is never anything but the present, and if one cannot live there, one cannot live anywhere.”
Wayne W. Dyer
3 quotes“Now is all we have. Everything that has ever happened to you and anything that is ever going to happen to you is just...”
Epicurus
3 quotes“The time when you should most of all withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.”
Elizabeth Gilbert
3 quotes“The Buddha taught that most problems - if only you give them enough time and space - will eventually wear themselves out...”
Lao Tzu
3 quotes“Stop thinking, and end your problems.”
Louis L'Amour
3 quotes“Few of us ever live in the present. We are forever anticipating what is to come or remembering what has gone.”
Woody Allen
3 quotes“Showing up is eighty percent of life.”
Rumi
3 quotes“Don't make the body do what the spirit does best, and don't put a big load on the spirit that the body could easily carr...”