Life Class Quotes (UPDATED)

“Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.” ― Oprah Winfrey


"I do believe the most important thing is to be able to go to the still space within yourself. Because the voices of the world will drown out that inner voice." — Oprah

"Your just being here is all the value you ever need." — Oprah






"If you have a strong ego [and] something good happens to an acquaintance of yours, [it] makes you feel bad. It's called envy. ... The ego thinks something has been taken away from you because somebody else has received something good. It's a complete illusion, but that's the madness of the ego." — Eckhart Tolle

"I don't any longer think that it's possible that any other people can hurt me. They're just giving me their observation, and I'm giving it meaning. And so I get to choose what that meaning is."
— Rita, audience member

"Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness." — Eckhart Tolle

"There is a wonderful ancient Sufi saying which I'm going to paraphrase slightly. It says, 'When the heart weeps for what it has lost,' in this case 'heart' means 'ego,' 'when the heart weeps for what it has lost, the spirit rejoices for what it has found.'" — Eckhart Tolle

"There's something in everybody that longs for that awakening to be more true to yourself."
— Eckhart Tolle

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"Be true to yourself: You can’t begin to love yourself, or even be true to yourself, unless you know who you really are."

“Letting go of what has happened to you, and being able to live with what is happening to you right now, is how you access the power that we all have within us,”

“If you’re in a bad relationship, you’re a student of how to have a better relationship,”

“If you can see it, and believe it. It is a lot easier to achieve it,”

“I am not the shape of my body,” said the former talk show host. “I am more than what I look like, than what I do. The understanding of who you really are is necessary as you get older. As you begin to lose the external attraction, it is your responsibility to cultivate the inner attraction.”

 “When you lie about your age you are denying that part of your life…the years you have earned…those experiences,”

Your calling doesn’t always have to be grand: “Sometimes it is a whisper, and when you begin to follow that you end up being the best that you can be.”

You can only live your own life: “Anyone pretending to be something that they’re not will never become all that they were meant to be.”

“Your life is always speaking to you,” said Oprah. Always be conscious enough to listen.

“It’s never too late to discover who you really are."

When you know better, you do better: Oprah said this is the greatest lesson Maya Angelou taught her. “You should not be judge yourself for the person that you were, but for the person you’re trying to be now,” she said.


The best students get the hardest tests
“When God has something for you to do, he’s going to test you to make sure you’re ready,” said Oprah’s webcast co-host, Iyanla Vanzant.

Everybody gets a second chance: Oprah recalled giving birth, at 14, to a baby that did not survive. She remembered how her father told her the baby’s untimely death was the universe giving her a second chance. “I took that chance, and understood, for myself, that now I know better, I would do better,” she said.

“Instead of saying you’re afraid to be alone, say ’I’m willing to be with myself…you’re enough,” said guest co-host Iyanla Vanzant.

Forgiveness is not accepting the pain of your past, but letting go: “Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.”

You are greater than your thoughts: “You are not the thoughts in your head, or the things that surround you.”