Top 160 Todd Perelmuter Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “Don’t be too hard on yourself. Also, don’t be too easy on yourself. Take that middle path.”

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102. “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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103. “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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104. “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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105. “The answers lie in the questions.”

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106. “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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107. “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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108. “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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109. “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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110. “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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111. “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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112. “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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113. “We don’t see the world how it is. We see the world how we are.”

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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. “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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116. “As soon as you notice you’re anxious, bring your mind to your thoughts without judgment or labeling. Just observe what your mind is thinking about because it’s almost always unconscious thinking that is taking place, and the best thing we can do is to turn that unconscious thinking into conscious thinking.”

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

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

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119. “The number one rule of meditation is to get rid of expectations. Toss them out the door as you don’t need them.”

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

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121. “We are all the same eternal constant pure consciousness. We are all the same life-force electricity that gives us all life. Treat everyone with love because they are you underneath these bodies and temporary thought forms.”

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122. “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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123. “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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124. “Names are useful in that they help you know who someone’s talking to but they can also be a deception because the truth is we’re all just the same. We’re all one.”

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125. “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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126. “To tap into that infinite source of beauty and amazement, all you have to do is close your eyes, turn your attention inward and breathe.”

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127. “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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128. “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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129. “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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130. “Nobody is perfect, no one has a perfect life. We’re all doing our best to live our best lives, and in this process we all make mistakes. So, there’s no reason to be harder on ourselves than we would be on anyone else just because we identify with the life we think we possess rather than the life that we actually are.”

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131. “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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132. “Get into a flow of action without distraction.”

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133. “Some people think meditation is a passive state where you’re just resting, but in fact you’re at a heightened level of focus, heightened level of attention, heightened level of awareness, and this state is a truly zen state of bliss.”

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134. “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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135. “The first step to changing our likes and dislikes starts with becoming aware of the fact that you can choose them.”

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136. “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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137. “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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138. “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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139. “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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140. “Once you become aware of all the tactics your mind is using to sabotage your peace and happiness, you can use your conscious mind to reframe your opinions, create new more positive beliefs, and create a new you.”

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141. “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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142. “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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143. “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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144. “We get attached to certain people and forms and things and situations. The truth is, nothing lasts. Things will always change. There is nothing we forget more than this.”

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145. “In the present moment, all our obsession with every little thing stops because most of what we obsess about happened in the past or something we’re worried about happening in the future.”

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146. “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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147. “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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148. “Anxiety can often make us closed off to the world. Taking risks and putting yourself out there can become an insurmountable obstacle. Letting go of our anxiety doesn’t just improve our life. It improves the lives of those around us as well.”

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149. “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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150. “The road to peace lies inside.”

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