“Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry—all forms of fear—are caused by too much future, and not enough presence.”

— Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now (1997)

About Eckhart Tolle

Born 1948

German-born spiritual teacher, author of "The Power of Now".

“Forgiveness of the present is even more important than forgiveness of the past.”

“The child has a deep longing for the parent to be there as a human being, not as a role.”

“The past cannot survive in your presence. It can only survive in your absence.”

“Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.”

“We suffer more in imagination than in reality.”

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“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.”

“Courage is the capacity to meet the anxiety which arises as one achieves freedom.”

“One cannot fight what one does not know.”

“Anxiety strives to become fear, because fear can be met by courage.”