Eckhart Tolle Quotes

In the West, as well as some other parts of the world, the personal sense of ego tends to predominate, whereas in other areas, there is a more collective sense of ego. This collective ego emphasizes the 'we' rather than the 'I.'

Eckhart Tolle

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: February 16, 1948

Topics

WorldEgoPersonalMoreCollective

The money can be a hindrance to someone like me because the danger is that you start thinking, 'Is that a $20 million take?' That kind of thing, and being self-critical.

Jim Carrey

MoneyMeStartThinkingSomeoneYou

'Hound Dog' took like twelve minutes. That's not a complicated piece of work. But the rhyme scheme was difficult. Also the metric structure of the music was not easy. 'Kansas City' was maybe eight minutes, if that. Writing the early blues was spontaneous. You can hear the energy in the work.

Jerry Leiber

WorkDogMusicCityWritingEnergy

I want the humans to be able to hold their own against the strength of the machines.

John Landgraf

StrengthWantOwnHoldAgainstAble

It's not that easy for some of these players in China to get the coaching they need.

Michael Chang

CoachingEasyNeedChinaGetSome

A freshman has only about 25% of his degree completed. They go off to play professional basketball, and to assume they will come back and get the degree done five, six, seven years later, I don't see that happening.

Steve Alford

BasketballBackProfessionalPlayGo

I have no time for political hacks who say things they don't believe because they get paid to.

Tucker Carlson

TimeBelievePoliticalSayThings

Reading is how I became an actor because I didn't grow up in a house where there was an awareness of film or theater. I also grew up in a house full of teachers, so reading was big in our world.

Mary Steenburgen

WorldReadingGrowHouseActorBig

If writers learn more from their books than do readers, perhaps I may have begun to learn.

Lloyd Alexander

LearnMoreMayBooksThanReaders

I meet people on the street who literally chose their careers because they saw 'Back to the Future' and decided they wanted to be scientists or astronomers or engineers.

Christopher Lloyd

FuturePeopleBackEngineersMeet

Fortunately, I've done so many interviews that I've become very good at detecting when someone is giving a less-than-candid reply.

Brandon Stanton

GoodGivingSomeoneDoneBecome

At a time when the GOP is playing games with the debt limit, a member of the Supreme Court is refusing to recuse himself from matters he has a financial interest in, and middle class incomes are stagnant, many want to change the subject. I don't. This was a prank, and a silly one. I'm focused on my work.

Anthony Weiner

WorkChangeTimeFinancialSilly

I'd rather sit at home than be a part of a popular show and be a piece of furniture.

Ashish Sharma

HomeFurnitureSitShowRatherThan

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