Our biggest issue is, what is community service? Volunteering is obvious, (like) going to a senior c...
BRETT ECKHART What we're doing is making the connection to the kids (about) what it means to be a contributing cit...
BRETT ECKHART I was going to do something during election time (in my own class).
BRETT ECKHART We will be promoting students to be effective communicators and contributing citizens.
BRETT ECKHART The personal ego already has a strong element of dysfunction, but the collective ego is, frequently,...
ECKHART TOLLE To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge...
ECKHART TOLLE Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your ...
ECKHART TOLLE Thinking fragments reality - it cuts it up into conceptual bits and pieces.
ECKHART TOLLE If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small.
ECKHART TOLLE The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.
MEISTER ECKHART You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion.
MEISTER ECKHART Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour.
ECKHART TOLLE Acceptance looks like a passive state, but in reality it brings something entirely new into this wor...
ECKHART TOLLE Religion and ritual can be vehicles for entering stillness. It says in Psalm 46:10, 'Be still, a...
ECKHART TOLLE He came prepared to play. He fulfilled the author's intention. It's his movie. He's the man in it.
AARON ECKHART I think people could come out of this movie thinking, although all of these are very serious subject...
AARON ECKHART Audiences like both savory and unsavory characters, and [even] unsavory elements can be attractive. ...
AARON ECKHART All these people are so firm on their positions. That's where the humor in the movie comes from, ......
AARON ECKHART For Nick, the game, basically, is convincing people. It's getting people to look at things your way....
AARON ECKHART Nick is a tobacco lobbyist who loves his job and doesn't apologize for it, which [as a role] is exci...
AARON ECKHART I think Jason's going to have a huge career,
AARON ECKHART Thank You for Smoking.
AARON ECKHART the highest regard you can receive. That photo can describe an entire life, just an honor, as well a...
AARON ECKHART I'd like to do more family dramas.
AARON ECKHART I'd like to do a romantic comedy.
AARON ECKHART I don't do comedy so much although I would like to do a comedy.
AARON ECKHART But I will say this: In my humble opinion, knowing nothing about it, I do believe that they have rem...
AARON ECKHART The F.B.I. is about nuts and bolts. It's all about witnesses and procedure and walking the stree...
AARON ECKHART Some movies get rushed out right after you make them and I'm not always happy with that.
AARON ECKHART Directors, producers can make you look good or make you look bad.
AARON ECKHART You never really know as an actor; it's completely out of your control, in terms of editing, and...
AARON ECKHART Some movies I see today have the most dramatic plot points but the actors are not playing them drama...
AARON ECKHART But I guess I like playing flawed guys 'cause it gives a place for the characters to go.
AARON ECKHART I always ask, why can't I be just like Cary Grant or something.
AARON ECKHART Right now, I have to admit, that I'm more interested in giving people a little bit of hope and g...
AARON ECKHART I think they are very important because westerns have a code and a symbolism.
AARON ECKHART There are different reasons to make movies.
AARON ECKHART I think that maybe that's my weakness, in that I don't know how to do it, so I just do what ...
AARON ECKHART I often feel that my days in New York City, that I was here for five years, didn't get one job, ...
AARON ECKHART I'm an actor and it happened to go my way that day.
AARON ECKHART Yeah, I'd like to get the girl and at least make it through the film.
AARON ECKHART A film has its own life and takes its own time.
AARON ECKHART It seems to me if you want something badly enough, whether you're a man or a woman, you'll d...
AARON ECKHART If we're talking about masculinity and tenderness, I don't look at Clinton.
AARON ECKHART Yeah, but there's nobody who represents romance to me like Cary Grant.
AARON ECKHART I'm sort of fascinated by the whole espionage crime thing.
AARON ECKHART I think every actor wants to be an FBI or cop at one point.
AARON ECKHART What you refer to as your
ECKHART TOLLE The only thing you ever have is now.
ECKHART TOLLE People look to time in expectation that it will eventually make them happy, but you cannot find true...
ECKHART TOLLE When you get into your car, shut the door and be there for just half a minute. Breathe, feel the ene...
ECKHART TOLLE If your mind carries a heavy burden of past, you will experience more of the same. The past perpetua...
ECKHART TOLLE As far as inner transformation is concerned, there is nothing you can do about it. You cannot transf...
ECKHART TOLLE The psychological condition of fear is divorced from any concrete and true immediate danger. It come...
ECKHART TOLLE Life is the dancer and you are the dance.
ECKHART TOLLE Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How ...
ECKHART TOLLE The past has no power over the present moment.
ECKHART TOLLE Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the NOW the primary focus of your life.
ECKHART TOLLE If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.
MEISTER ECKHART To be sure, this requires effort and love, a careful cultivation of the spiritual life, and a watchf...
MEISTER ECKHART If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.
MEISTER ECKHART Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.
ECKHART TOLLE One must not always think so much about what one should do, but rather what one should be. Our works...
MEISTER ECKHART The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me; my eye and God's eye are ...
MEISTER ECKHART Nobody
ECKHART TOLLE If you seek the kernel, then you must break the shell. An likewise, if you would know the reality of...
MEISTER ECKHART God expects but one thing of you, and that is that you should come out of yourself in so far as you ...
MEISTER ECKHART A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, bu...
MEISTER ECKHART People should not worry as much about what they do but rather about what they are. If they and their...
MEISTER ECKHART To be sure, our mental processes often go wrong, so that we imagine God to have gone away. What shou...
MEISTER ECKHART All God wants of man is a peaceful heart.
MEISTER ECKHART The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and ...
ECKHART TOLLE Jesus might have said, I became man for you. If you do not become God for me, you wrong me.
MEISTER ECKHART To be full of things is to be empty of God. To be empty of things is to be full of God.
MEISTER ECKHART The seed of God is in us. Given an intelligent and hard-working farmer, it will thrive and grow up t...
MEISTER ECKHART Man goes far away or near but God never goes far-off; he is always standing close at hand, and even ...
MEISTER ECKHART God is at home, it's we who have gone out for a walk.
MEISTER ECKHART Whoever possesses God in their being, has him in a divine manner, and he shines out to them in all t...
MEISTER ECKHART Know that when you seek anything of your own, you will never find God, because you do not seek God p...
MEISTER ECKHART The knower and the known are one. Simple people imagine that they should see God as if he stood ther...
MEISTER ECKHART He who would be serene and pure needs but one thing, detachment.
MEISTER ECKHART A beggar had been sitting by the side of the road for over thirty years. One day a stranger walked b...
ECKHART TOLLE If God gave the soul his whole creation she would not be filled thereby but only with himself.
MEISTER ECKHART To be right, a person must do one of two things: either he must learn to have God in his work and ho...
MEISTER ECKHART The more we have the less we own.
MEISTER ECKHART There exists only the present instant... a Now which always and without end is itself new. There is ...
MEISTER ECKHART If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, thank you, that would suffice.
MEISTER ECKHART I can sometimes sit for two hours in a room with almost no thought. Just complete stillness. Sometim...
ECKHART TOLLE All inner resistance is experienced as negativity in one form or another. All negativity is resistan...
ECKHART TOLLE If you love yourself, you love everybody else as you do yourself. As long as you love another person...
MEISTER ECKHART We are celebrating the feast of the Eternal Birth which God the Father has borne and never ceases to...
MEISTER ECKHART The soul at its highest is found like God, but an angel gives a closer idea of Him. That is all an a...
MEISTER ECKHART It is a fair trade and an equal exchange: to the extent that you depart from things, thus far, no mo...
MEISTER ECKHART You must have failed deeply on some level or experienced some deep loss or pain to be drawn to the s...
ECKHART TOLLE Transcending the world does not mean to withdraw from the world, to no longer take action, or to sto...
ECKHART TOLLE God is at home; it is we who have gone for a walk.
MEISTER ECKHART Watch any plant or animal and let it teach you acceptance of what is, surrender to the Now.
Let...
ECKHART TOLLE In essence, you are neither inferior nor superior to anyone. True self-esteem and true humility aris...
ECKHART TOLLE In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.
MEISTER ECKHART If the only prayer you ever say in your whole life is "thank you," that would suffice.
MEISTER ECKHART Even the most seemingly unpleasant situations - if you become aligned with it, something good will e...
ECKHART TOLLE Fear seems to have many causes. Fear of loss, fear of failure, fear of being hurt, and so on, but ul...
ECKHART TOLLE It makes me feel good that I can now sit there and go, I've worked with Jack Nicholson, Al Pacin...
AARON ECKHART There is a fine balance between honoring the past and losing yourself in it. For example, you can ac...
ECKHART TOLLE The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive....
ECKHART TOLLE There is such a thing as old emotional pain living inside you. It is an accumulation of painful life...
ECKHART TOLLE Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is near...
MEISTER ECKHART Because of its phantom nature, and despite elaborate defense mechanisms, the ego is very vulnerable ...
ECKHART TOLLE Don't wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the presen...
ECKHART TOLLE What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.
MEISTER ECKHART The answer is, who you are cannot be defined through thinking or mental labels or definitions, becau...
ECKHART TOLLE Any action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation...
ECKHART TOLLE Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you.
ECKHART TOLLE Love is a state of Being. Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, an...
ECKHART TOLLE What a liberation to realize that the 'voice in my head' is not who I am. 'Who am I, the...
ECKHART TOLLE Most humans are never fully present in the now, because unconsciously they believe that the next mom...
ECKHART TOLLE I don't believe in an outside agent that creates the world, then walks away. But I feel very str...
ECKHART TOLLE Every creature is a word of God.
MEISTER ECKHART I'm grateful for always this moment, the now, no matter what form it takes.
ECKHART TOLLE It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.
ECKHART TOLLE The outward work will never be puny if the inward work is great.
MEISTER ECKHART Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhap...
ECKHART TOLLE To know yourself as the Being underneath the thinker, the stillness underneath the mental noise, the...
ECKHART TOLLE Prejudice of any kind implies that you are identified with the thinking mind. It means you don't...
ECKHART TOLLE A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, bu...
MEISTER ECKHART Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not 'yours,' not personal. They are conditions of the h...
ECKHART TOLLE Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matte...
ECKHART TOLLE Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - ...
ECKHART TOLLE When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not jud...
ECKHART TOLLE All problems are illusions of the mind.
ECKHART TOLLE There is only one perpetrator of evil on the planet: human unconsciousness. That realization is true...
ECKHART TOLLE Only the truth of who you are, if realized, will set you free.
ECKHART TOLLE The moment that judgement stops through acceptance of what it is, you are free of the mind. You have...
ECKHART TOLLE Don't look for peace. Don't look for any other state than the one you are in now; otherwise, you wil...
ECKHART TOLLE And suddenly you know: It's time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.
MEISTER ECKHART That is the real spiritual awakening, when something emerges from within you that is deeper than who...
ECKHART TOLLE If there are people you haven't forgiven, you're not going to really awaken. You have to let...
ECKHART TOLLE Some people awaken spiritually without ever coming into contact with any meditation technique or any...
ECKHART TOLLE To realize that you are not your thoughts is when you begin to awaken spiritually.
ECKHART TOLLE I believe that Jesus realized his oneness with God and he showed, what he attempted to do was show t...
ECKHART TOLLE We are celebrating the feast of the Eternal Birth which God the Father has borne and never ceases to...
MEISTER ECKHART Memories are thoughts that arise. They're not realities. Only when you believe that they are rea...
ECKHART TOLLE I've been working for many years and I think I've managed to work with some of the best peop...
AARON ECKHART The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future ...
ECKHART TOLLE In the stillness of your presence, you can feel your own formless and timeless reality as the unmani...
ECKHART TOLLE When people get taken over by the ego to such an extent, there is nothing else in their mind except ...
ECKHART TOLLE When you wash your hands, when you make a cup of coffee, when you're waiting for the elevator - ...
ECKHART TOLLE I have lived with several Zen masters -- all of them cats.
ECKHART TOLLE Feast of Willibrord of York, Archbishop of Utrecht, Apostle of Frisia, 739 There never was a pa...
MEISTER ECKHART Commemoration of Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, c.862 Commemoration of Bonaventure, Franciscan Fria...
MEISTER ECKHART Let God operate in thee; Hand the work over to Him and do not disquiet thyself as to whether or no H...
MEISTER ECKHART There never was a pain that befell a man, no frustration or discouragement, however insignificant, t...
MEISTER ECKHART Feast of Michael & All Angels We would fain be humble; but not despised. To be despised and re...
MEISTER ECKHART Commemoration of Eglantine Jebb, Social Reformer, Founder of 'Save the Children', 1928 The less y...
MEISTER ECKHART Feast of Willibrord of York, Archbishop of Utrecht, Apostle of Frisia, 739 Whoso goes seeking God...
MEISTER ECKHART I have a capacity in my soul for taking in God entirely. I am as sure as I live that nothing is so n...
MEISTER ECKHART Feast of Vincent de Paul, Founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), 1660 If you hav...
MEISTER ECKHART The now wherein God made the first man, and the now wherein the last man disappears, and the now I a...
MEISTER ECKHART Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century ... for one good never clashes with anothe...
MEISTER ECKHART Feast of Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1274 My God, I love Thee -- not because I hop...
MEISTER ECKHART Commemoration of Martyrs of Japan, 1597 The man who will and can go to our Lord in all freedom... ...
MEISTER ECKHART Commemoration of Richard Rolle of Hampole, Writer, Hermit, Mystic, 1349 Love ... is very noticeabl...
MEISTER ECKHART Jesus might have said, "I became man for you. If you do not become God for me, you wrong me.".
MEISTER ECKHART What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action
MEISTER ECKHART The "now" wherein God made the first man, and the "now" wherein the last man disappears, and the "no...
MEISTER ECKHART To be full of things is to be empty of God. To be empty of things is to be full of God.
MEISTER ECKHART People should think less about what they ought to do and more about what they ought to be. If only t...
MEISTER ECKHART Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.
ECKHART TOLLE ...the past gives you an identity and the future holds the promise of salvation, of fulfillment in w...
ECKHART TOLLE People don't realize that now is all there ever is; there is no past or future except as memory ...
ECKHART TOLLE Is fear preventing you from taking action? Acknowledge the fear, watch it, take your attention into ...
ECKHART TOLLE A woman in her thirties came to see me. As she greeted me, I could sense the pain behind her polite ...
ECKHART TOLLE Time isn’t precious at all, because it is an illusion. What you perceive as precious is not time b...
ECKHART TOLLE To love is to recognize yourself in another.
ECKHART TOLLE Give up defining yourself - to yourself or to others. You won't die. You will come to life. And don'...
ECKHART TOLLE The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.
ECKHART TOLLE See if you can catch yourself complaining, in either speech or thought, about a situation you find y...
ECKHART TOLLE It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living.
ECKHART TOLLE Any action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation...
ECKHART TOLLE The real truths of life are never entirely new to you or to anybody because there is a level deep do...
ECKHART TOLLE Thinking is a wonderful tool if it's applied. Thinking, however, can not become the master. Thin...
ECKHART TOLLE The more you live in the present moment, the more the fear of death disappears.
ECKHART TOLLE Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.
ECKHART TOLLE In the egoic state, your sense of self, your identity, is derived from your thinking mind - in other...
ECKHART TOLLE Words derive their power from the original word.
MEISTER ECKHART People tend to dwell more on negative things than on good things. So the mind then becomes obsessed ...
ECKHART TOLLE Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.
MEISTER ECKHART Time is what keeps the light from reaching us. There is no greater obstacle to God than time: and no...
MEISTER ECKHART Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.
ECKHART TOLLE What a man takes in by contemplation, that he pours out in love.
MEISTER ECKHART There is no stopping place in this life--nor is there ever one for any person, no matter how far alo...
MEISTER ECKHART The eye with which I see God is the same eye with which God sees me
MEISTER ECKHART If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is 'thank you', it will be enough.
MEISTER ECKHART We should purify our innate well of contentment - what a wonderful expression - and then external th...
ECKHART TOLLE To me the ego is the habitual and compulsive thought processes that go through everybody's mind ...
ECKHART TOLLE Your entire life only happens in this moment. The present moment is life itself. Yet, people live as...
ECKHART TOLLE I think America right now is looking for somebody who appeals to every faction.
AARON ECKHART You do not become good by trying to be good, but by finding the goodness that is already within you,...
ECKHART TOLLE Defining yourself through thought is limiting yourself.
ECKHART TOLLE You become most powerful in whatever you do if the action is performed for its own sake rather than ...
ECKHART TOLLE