"When you complain, you make yourself a..." - Quote by Eckhart Tolle

“It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living.”

“Words reduce reality to something the human mind can grasp, which isn’t very much. Language consists of five basic sounds produced by the vocal cords. They are the vowels a, e, i, o, u. The other sounds are consonants produced by air pressure: s, f, g, and so forth. Do you believe some combination of such basic sounds could ever explain who you are, or the ultimate purpose of the universe, or even what a tree or stone is in its depth?”

“If I thought it was my identity to be a spiritual teacher, that would be a delusion. It's not an identity. It's simply a function in this world.”

“Complaining is one of the ego's favorite strategies for strengthening itself.”

“If you spend five minutes complaining, you have just wasted five minutes. If you continue complaining, it won't be long before they haul you out to a financial desert and there let you choke on the dust of your own regret.”

“You're so caught up in grumbling, complaining, and seeing what's wrong that you have no energy or time to appreciate what's good.”

“I am not an American; I am one of twenty-two million black people who are victims of Americanism.”

“There are few talents so richly rewarded - especially in politics and the media - as the ability to portray parasites as victims, and portray demands for preferential treatment as struggles for equal rights.”

“I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.”