Next time you say "I have nothing incommon with this person, " remember that you have a great deal in common: A few yearsfrom now - two years or seventy years, it doesn't make much difference - both of you willhave become rotting corpses, then piles of dust, then nothing at all. This is a sobering andhumbling realization that leaves little room for pride. Is this a negative thought? No, it is a fact. Why close your eyes to it? In that sense, there is total equality between you and everyother creature. . Eckhart Tolle
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More Quotes By Eckhart Tolle
  1. To love is to recognize yourself in another.

  2. The past has no power over the present moment.

  3. Life isn't as serious as the mind makes it out to be.

  4. Realize deeply that the present moment is all you will ever have.

  5. What will be left of all the fearing and wanting associated with your problematic life situation that every day takes up most of your attention? A dash, one or two inches long, between the date of birth and date of death on your gravestone.

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