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Quotes About Purpose

Anybody who is one with what he or she does is building the new earth.
~ Eckhart Tolle
the ultimate purpose of the world lies not within the world but in transcendence of the world.
~ Eckhart Tolle
The very reason for our existence in human form is to bring that dimension of consciousness into this world.
~ Eckhart Tolle
You forgot your main purpose. One small error, one misperception, creates a world of suffering.
~ Eckhart Tolle
Love and do what you will," said St. Augustine.
~ Eckhart Tolle
We can never understand this higher order through thinking about it because whatever we think about is content; whereas, the higher order emanates from the formless realm of consciousness, from universal intelligence. But we can glimpse it, and more than that, align ourselves with it, which means be conscious participants in the unfolding of that higher purpose.
~ Eckhart Tolle
Sei also dem Leben treu, indem du deinem inneren Ziel treu bleibst. Wenn du präsent bist und voll und ganz in dem aufgehst, was du tust, werden deine Taten mit spiritueller Kraft aufgeladen. Zuerst mag noch keine merkliche Veränderung zu erkennen sein in dem, was du tust – nur im Wie. Dein vorrangiges Ziel ist es jetzt, dafür zu sorgen, dass Bewusstsein in alles einfließen kann, was du tust.
~ Eckhart Tolle
to sin means to miss the mark, as an archer who misses the target, so to sin means to miss the point of human existence.
~ Eckhart Tolle
Worry pretends to be necessary, but serves no useful purpose.
~ Eckhart Tolle
If the egoic earth drama has any purpose at all, it is an indirect one: It creates more and more suffering on the planet, and suffering, although largely ego­created, is in the end also ego­destructive. It is the fire in which the ego burns itself up.
~ Eckhart Tolle
You are here to enable the divinepurpose of the universe to unfold.That is how important you are! — Eckhart Tolle
~ Eckhart Tolle
After that, the outer purpose is just a game that you may continue to play simply because you enjoy it.
~ Eckhart Tolle
So, whenever there is negativity in you, if you can be aware at that moment that there is something in you that takes pleasure in it or believes it has a useful purpose, you are becoming aware of the ego directly. The moment this happens, your identity has shifted from ego to awareness. This means the ego is shrinking and awareness is growing.
~ Eckhart Tolle
You may have heard the Buddhist saying: "If there were no illusion, there would be no enlightenment." It is through the world and ultimately through you that the Unmanifested knows itself. You are here to enable the divine purpose of the universe to unfold. That is how important you are!
~ Eckhart Tolle
El viaje de su vida tiene un propósito externo y otro interno. El propósito externo es llegar a su meta o destino, lograr lo que decide hacer, alcanzar esto o aquello, lo que por supuesto, implica futuro.
~ Eckhart Tolle
Does it matter whether we achieve our outer purpose, whether we succeed or fail in the world? It will matter to you as long as you haven't realized your inner purpose. After that, the outer purpose is just a game that you may continue to play simply because you enjoy it.
~ Eckhart Tolle
Your primary purpose is now to enable consciousness to flow into what you do.
~ Eckhart Tolle
El propósito externo pertenece a la dimensión horizontal del espacio y el tiempo; el propósito interno concierne a una profundización de su Ser en la dimensión vertical del Ahora sin tiempo.
~ Eckhart Tolle
The dreamer is consciousness itself—who you are. To awaken within the dream is our purpose now.
~ Eckhart Tolle
But we cannot really honor things if we use them as a means to self-enhancement, that is to say, if we try to find ourselves through them.
~ Eckhart Tolle
It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living
~ Eckhart Tolle
Sanctification is more about the direction than the distance we have traveled.
~ Ed Welch
what you do to add to the human existence—that is what matters
~ Eddie Izzard
There is but one thing to do, Alice, and he spoke as quietly as though they were sitting in their snug living room at home, and that is work. Work must be our salvation. We must not give ourselves time to think, for in that direction lies madness.
~ Edgar Rice Burroughs