For the ego to survive, it must make time - past and future - more important than the present moment.
Eckhart TolleThe ego doesn't know that the source of all energy is within you, so it seeks it outside.
Eckhart TolleHumans eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and bad. Suddenly, they start cutting reality up into bits and pieces, which is what the thinking mind does.
Eckhart Tolle