Top 160 Todd Perelmuter Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “No matter the question, love and compassion is the answer.”

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52. “Fear is a pattern that we develop over years and that impacts everything we do in a negative way. It can lead to paralysis in choosing big decisions or avoiding situations that can help us grow. So face your fear, go through it and transform it into your strength.”

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53. “When you have fear of rejection or fear of failure, then it’s really important to turn inward, and spend some time really looking at your fears and analyzing them. They can be coming from a place of fear – a fear of trying new things or a fear of stillness or a fear of being alone with your thoughts or fear of unknown experiences.”

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54. “Observe your thoughts without being lost in your thoughts. Just become mindful of them.”

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55. “Things only look chaotic up close. If you take a step back, you’ll see everything is in perfect balance just as it should be.”

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56. “Whenever you have a negative thought or a complaint or feeling, all you have to do is just notice it. Don’t say, “I don’t like this thing.” Say to yourself, “This mind is resisting this thing.” Because that is a truer statement and that’s how we can use the situation as an opportunity to grow in mindfulness. Instantly you will become aware of unconscious thought patterns as you become the witness to the thoughts and not the thinker of your thoughts.”

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57. “Letting go of your ego-driven desire to achieve some state or enlightenment is the first step to reaching that state of pure being.”

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58. “The words “aloneness” and “loneliness” are very similar but in meaning, they are miles apart. Loneliness is suffering from being alone. Aloneness contains the word oneness in it and it really is all about recognizing the interconnectedness of all things, sensing the oneness but not feeling lonely. There’s no negativity, no suffering, just oneness with everyone and everything.”

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59. “Birth and death are really illusions. There really is no beginning and there is no end. Before this life, we were alive in our parents and before that we were alive in our grandparents and our ancestors. One thing gets passed on to another. One form changes to another.”

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60. “Solitude is a gift in itself, it is our blank canvas to paint our lives. It is a beautiful sacred time, full of infinite possibilities – only limited by your imagination.”

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61. “We can choose our beliefs. We can choose to believe in ourselves. We can choose to believe in any higher power or powers we want. We can choose to believe it will all work out. We just have to believe that we can believe.”

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62. “Every moment is a choice. The more we do the right thing even when it’s hard, the more we are creating the habit to face adversity when it comes into our lives head-on with grace and elegance and peace and calm. We are training our minds to embrace the difficulty so that whatever comes at us in our lives, we are prepared for it and it will not disrupt our inner peace because we’ve trained for this and we can overcome anything.”

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63. “When we’re disconnected from our spirit and our spirituality, all we see is the physicality of the material world. That’s just the superficial stuff, the least important stuff there is. The more you can really go deep and really feel yourself from the inside and experience other people on a much deeper level too, the less the little ups and downs of this very shallow surface world will matter.”

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64. “When you feel bored of a city, job, relationship or any other thing, notice every little thing that’s different instead of every little thing that’s the same, because every moment is different from the last and there is a beautiful uniqueness in each vibrant moment.”

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65. “We all have these self-constructed personalities and we believe that our likes and dislikes make up a strong part of our personality and who we are. But, we can choose our own likes and dislikes. They don’t have to just be automatic unconscious reactions.”

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66. “It’s always now and that’s all it will ever be.”

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67. “The darkness of ignorance can not survive in the light of consciousness.”

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68. “Welcome the unknown, accept uncertainty and try not to respond with doubt and worry. Trust that each moment will happen as it will and in the end everything will work out. Just allow this moment to be.”

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69. “Death is not a part of life. Life is a part of death.”

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70. “Never forget that you are a miracle.”

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71. “When you always treat everyone with love and compassion, there’s no reason to worry what others think about you. There’s no reason to doubt or second guess yourself. There’s no reason to ever feel regret or shame. You don’t have to give your time and attention to people who don’t appreciate you, but no matter what circumstance you find yourself in, you can always feel confident and at peace knowing you treated others with kindness and grace.”

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72. “One thing we can do is use meditation for pushing our limits, for achieving that very difficult thing of getting down on that meditation pillow, and we can use it to build up our inner strength in a safe, peaceful and supportive way.”

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73. “Every little moment of peace that we feel by being present is like a rock in the ocean that leaves ripples going in all directions because these little moments are so precious and so profound that the more we can feel them in our lives, the better.”

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74. “At a certain point a realization comes that it’s not your life. You can’t possess something you are. You don’t have a life. You are life.”

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75. “There are many paths to enlightenment. Some of them are service, charity, selfless acts to others, worship and devotion, some are wisdom and understanding, and for some people it’s meditation. Very few people stick to just one path, most people follow a combination of these paths. Everybody’s different and we have to listen to our minds, our hearts, and our guts.”

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76. “When you can just step back and see the big picture and know that good things will come, good things will go, bad things will come, bad things will go... then your happiness doesn’t rely on any kind of external situation. That’s the key to lasting happiness.”

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77. “Life is suffering. But it doesn’t have to be.”

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78. “All the knowledge and wisdom of the universe is in each and every one of us. You don’t have to read any book or belong to any religion. This is universal and available to every way of living. Just close your eyes, quiet the mind and listen.”

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79. “Try to make a habit of looking at things holistically. Focus on examining root causes instead of symptoms and you will be able to create lasting and real change in your life and in the world.”

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80. “By being fully present we make sure that our mind is not using us, robbing us of this moment, and that we don’t reach the end of our life realizing we missed our whole life because we were always thinking about something else, reliving a past moment, or thinking about the future.”

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81. “Death in itself is a beautiful process. It’s like being born.”

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82. “Anything real is more profound than an imagined version of it, so the more we get out of our heads and the more we get into the present moment, and the richer our lives become.”

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83. “The more we sit with our thoughts and really get to know ourselves, the more we understand our true calling and purpose in life. By sitting with ourselves in peace and quiet, we bring more peace into our lives and we give ourselves the space to process and heal from our emotions. The more we process our thoughts and heal, the more we can let go, forgive, leave the past, let the future be in the future and take solace in the present moment.”

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84. “We get attached to certain people and forms and things and situations. But the truth is, things will always change and by understanding that on a deep level we won’t be surprised when it happens to us. We can more easily face loss and surf the now.”

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85. “There’s so much we miss because we’re not fully present. And it may seem mundane, but this is how we add a richness to our lives – by becoming aware of everything around us. There is a rich tapestry of experience always happening around us that we’re mostly unaware of.”

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86. “Do not despair over your struggles, for you are blessed with the strength to lift others up.”

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87. “Never forget that every moment is a miracle. The goal of spirituality is to never forget that.”

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88. “The key to self-worth isn’t in getting to be the most attractive person or have the most followers on social media. Striving for some idealized version of oneself based on today’s fleeting trends can itself create insecurity and feelings of worthlessness. Social media only makes the problem worse with its filters and endless content. The key to self-worth is inner strength and inner peace.”

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89. “When we become unconscious of what we’re doing, we switch to autopilot, stop being fully present, and become completely unaware of the subtleties and the nuances that make each moment different. Even though everything is new, vibrant, exciting and different, we create this mental projection that it’s the same, that it’s boring. And this makes us feel stuck in life.”

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90. “Don’t spend your life perfecting temporary circumstances. Spend it perfecting the way you experience them.”

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91. “Start observing without labeling and being fully present in the here and now because in the here and now problems don’t exist. There may be situations that require our attention, but they in their very nature are not problematic.”

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92. “So much of what people get obsessed about and go crazy over is just not important, not necessary.”

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93. “Don’t be too hard on yourself. Also, don’t be too easy on yourself. Take that middle path.”

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94. “When you don’t put the weight of the past on to the present moment, then every moment can feel brand new and incredible.”

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95. “So many times we’re focused on something negative happening that we don’t even see what’s going on around us. Either we’re absorbed in the past or in some imagined future that we don’t even notice there might be a rainbow right in front of us.”

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96. “Fear is an insidious little monster. It’s a train of thoughts that doesn’t announce itself as fear. It pretends to be rational and cautious, but in excess, it’s a cancer that diminishes our life’s potential. It won’t scream “I’m fear,” but it will weigh on your shoulders as doubt, insecurity, excess consumption, stress and dis-ease. So, instead of running away from fear, let’s turn, look and face fear so that we can recognize it for what it is and let it go.”

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97. “The answers lie in the questions.”

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98. “If you’re trying to find a dating partner, then if you don’t put too much focus on looks, neither will they, and you’ll find someone who’s a good person and who’ll appreciate the good person in you. You will find someone who thinks you’re beautiful and it doesn’t matter what people who don’t see that think and who can’t see the real person underneath your skin suit.”

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99. “The best thing is to do the things that make us feel self-confident, that gets us out of our head and most importantly connecting with our true selves and realizing that we’re really not this physical body we’re temporarily inhabiting.”

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100. “Being present means paying more attention to what you’re seeing, noticing how the light changes in the way it reflects off objects throughout the day, notice the way every little thing feels in your fingertips.”

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