Top 160 Todd Perelmuter Quotes (2026 Update)
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101. “There is always more to a story. Even when you watch a movie something happened before and after what you saw.”

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102. “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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103. “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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104. “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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105. “We are that light of consciousness and it’s the same light that’s in you and me and everyone else.”

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106. “To experience every situation as new and miraculous, you have to focus on your senses instead of focusing on the sense objects.”

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107. “When we are just in the moment, there are no doubts, there are no worries, and there’s no room for anxiety.”

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108. “At the current state of human evolution, we judge others based on their appearance. Until we learn to love all beings deep down, we will continue hating certain beings. There is only love in oneness.”

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109. “The road to peace lies inside.”

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110. “The answers lie in the questions.”

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111. “We all have an infinite wellspring of love and healing within us just waiting to be tapped into.”

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112. “Relationships are about two complete people coming together and being one, not about two half-people who have holes in them and are only looking for somebody to fill them up.”

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113. “Every single thing about you will change. Your tastes, opinions, thoughts and preferences will change. Your body will become frail. Your sense may fade. But, the light of consciousness within you will never change, will never flicker, and will never dim. This is the eternal you.”

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114. “To truly change the way we approach love, we have to go to the source of everything we do: our minds.”

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115. “Get into a flow of action without distraction.”

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116. “Mindfulness is really about becoming aware of awareness itself and when we do this we identify more with the observer inside us and we identify less with the thoughts in our head.”

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117. “It’s not easy to meditate when you’ve spent decades constantly thinking, constantly doing, constantly being entertained, and constantly buried in work or pleasure. But that is why we must use this moment right here, right now, to undo that habit of compulsively looking for what’s next, seeking pleasure, and avoiding pain. And start training our minds to be present and at peace in everything we do.”

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118. “We carry with us so much baggage and so much negativity. We are constantly reliving our worst moments and we’re constantly living in the worst imagined future. The truth is that this doesn’t help anybody. We can choose what we focus on. We can choose to live in the present moment and focus on all the things that we’re grateful for and all the beauty in the world or we can choose to think about the negative things. Ultimately, the choice is ours.”

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119. “In meditation, states of deep focus and concentration are developed, leading to deeper levels of contemplation. With greater peacefulness and heightened awareness, the wisdom and clarity that arises can be directed towards any problem a person may need to solve.”

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120. “So much suffering comes because we believe that our thoughts are who we are. So the more we become mindful of our thoughts, the more we can just witness without attachment and identification, making our suffering disappear.”

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

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122. “We don’t see the world how it is. We see the world how we are.”

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123. “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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124. “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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125. “The true source of our life is our consciousness and awareness, without which we’d just be a robot or a computer with no operator.”

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126. “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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127. “Meditation is not about the time you’re sitting down with your eyes closed. It’s about how that time impacts the rest of your day and the rest of your life. Meditation isn’t just for sitting either. Every single moment of our lives can be a meditation.”

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128. “We’ve all been everybody and we’ll all be everybody. The same life-force energy that animated the first single-celled organism, pumps through you and me. In an unbroken chain. All life is connected and one.”

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129. “When you see others, see their light. See their energizing, animating energy. You can do this. See what it is that makes this person different than if you were looking at their lifeless corps. See your inner light in them.”

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130. “Make every activity in your life a meditation practice by being fully present in whatever you’re doing because that’s what meditation is.”

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131. “Understanding impermanence is about enjoying the good times while they’re here, but knowing they won’t last. Then when the bad times come, we’re OK too because we know they won’t last either and good times are always just around the corner.”

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

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133. “There can be no success without difficulty because otherwise everyone would be equally successful and it wouldn’t be called success. There must be the challenge, the discipline, the fortitude that is only developed and forged in fire.”

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134. “Solitude is nothing to fear and it shouldn’t be a motivating factor to find love because if it is, it will set the relationship up to be a co-dependent relationship.”

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135. “We’re so used to having expectations in every aspect of our lives. We put these expectations on ourselves, we’re very hard on ourselves, we expect perfection from ourselves and we want to measure achievements and goals and track our progress. But in meditation, we put all that aside and focus on just being.”

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136. “What matters the most is how good a person is, not how good their follower count is. So, the best thing you can do is to nourish your own inner kindness and compassion.”

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137. “The sooner you can remember to bring your conscious awareness to your anxious thoughts and feelings, the sooner they can be released. Through practice and over time you’ll be able to recognize anxiety even before it arises.”

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138. “There are times when we are going through a difficult time, and it becomes the hardest to see any good that can come from our suffering. The nature of reality is that struggles help us reach our true potential. There can be no success without failure and there can be no achievement without defeat. These are the stepping stones, the stumbling blocks, on our path to greatness, love, peace and joy.”

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139. “There are so many different kinds of meditation and they’re each incredibly valuable, profound and have different amazing benefits. So, there’s no reason to limit yourself to just one type of meditation.”

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140. “The more peace we bring into our lives, the more peace we bring into this world.”

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141. “Time was not born, time will never die. Things will only change forms.”

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142. “We’re either making good habits or bad habits. We’re either training our minds to be unfocused and unhappy, or we’re training them to find peace and happiness within.”

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143. “Ultimately, oneness is the realization that we can never truly be alone.”

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144. “Whenever we are going down a negative downward spiral, we should turn our attention to our breath and become aware. This can stop the negative stream of thought.”

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145. “There is no beginning and there is no end. When was time born? When will time die? Why would we even think of beginnings and endings? There is only change. We grow from the soil and we will return to it as food for the future.”

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146. “We almost fail to see the blessings we have and we focus solely on what someone else has that we don’t have.”

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147. “You do not know that which you cannot perceive.”

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148. “Pain may exist in the body, but all suffering exists in the mind. No matter what happens to you, no matter how terrible, there can be peace.”

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149. “Do you think there are smartphones in the afterlife? Because if not, lots of people are going to be very miserable in heaven.”

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150. “The more you allow your mind to be present without being bombarded with thoughts, opinions and judgments, the more peace and spaciousness you’re going to feel in your life.”

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