埃克哈特·托尔是一位精神导师和畅销书作家。他是一位出生在德国的加拿大居民，以《现在的力量与新地球：唤醒你的人生目标》一书而闻名。2008年，《纽约时报》称托尔为“美国最受欢迎的精神作家”。
The real truths of life are never entirely new to you or to anybody because there is a level deep down within you where you already know all the things, all those spiritual truths that you read or hear, and then recognize them. I say 'recognize' because you're not... it's not new.
对你或任何人来说，真正的生活真理从来都不是全新的，因为在你内心深处有一个层次，你已经知道了所有的事情，所有你读到或听到的精神真理，然后认识到它们。我说“认得”是因为你不是。。。这不是什么新鲜事。
Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.
不满、责备、抱怨、自怜不能成为一个美好未来的基础，无论你付出多少努力。
The personal ego already has a strong element of dysfunction, but the collective ego is, frequently, even more dysfunctional, to the point of absolute insanity.
个人自我已经有一个很强的功能失调的因素，但集体自我，经常，甚至更功能失调，到了绝对疯狂的地步。
Don't wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.
不要等到将来某个时候才成功。与当下有一个成功的关系，并且在你正在做的任何事情中都要完全的当下。这就是成功。
Some people awaken spiritually without ever coming into contact with any meditation technique or any spiritual teaching. They may awaken simply because they can't stand the suffering anymore.
有些人在灵性上觉醒，从来没有接触过任何冥想技巧或任何灵性教导。他们可能仅仅因为再也无法忍受痛苦而觉醒。
I don't believe in an outside agent that creates the world, then walks away. But I feel very strongly there is an intelligence at work in every flower, in every blade of grass, in every cell of my body. And it is that intelligence that, I wouldn't say created the universe. It is creating the universe. It's an ongoing process.
我不相信有一个外部的代理人创造了这个世界，然后就离开了。但我强烈地感到，在我身体的每一朵花、每一片草叶、每一个细胞里，都有一种智慧在发挥作用。我不认为是智慧创造了宇宙。它创造了宇宙。这是一个持续的过程。
When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.
当狗看着你的时候，它不会想你是什么样的人。狗不是在评判你。
Any action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation for a long time. If it is a mistake, at least you learn something, in which case it's no longer a mistake. If you remain stuck, you learn nothing.
任何行动总比没有行动好，特别是当你长期处于不愉快的境地时。如果这是一个错误，至少你学到了一些东西，在这种情况下，它不再是一个错误。如果你一直被困住，你什么也学不到。