The Pocket Book of Eckhart Tolle-100 Quotes: Carefully Chosen Quotes from One of the World'S Wisest Spiritual Voices; Eckhart, Beloved Philosopher, ... Life through Living in Consciousness

• Ulrich Leonard Tölle was born in Lünen, a small town north of Dortmund in the Ruhr region of Germany in 1948.
• At the age of 13, he moved to Spain to live with his father, who did not insist that he attend high school, so Tolle elected to study literature, astronomy, and languages at home. 15, he was "heavily influenced "by a gift of the five spiritual books by the German mystic Joseph Anton Schneiderfranken.

• When he was 19, Tolle moved to England and taught German and Spanish for three years at a London language school. After graduating from the University of London, he completed a postgraduate course at the University of Cambridge in 1977. One night in 1977, at the age of 29, after long periods of depression, Tolle says he experienced an "inner transformation" and came to peace with everything.He stayed with friends, in a Buddhist monastery, or slept rough on Hampstead Heath. His family thought him "irresponsible, even insane". He changed his first name from Ulrich to Eckhart; by some reports this was in homage to the German philosopher and mystic Meister Eckhart

• Former Cambridge students and acquaintances began to ask Tolle about his beliefs. He started working as a counselor and spiritual teacher. Students continued to come to him over the next five years. He moved to Glastonbury, a center of alternative living, in 1995 he moved to Vancouver
• The Power of Now, Tolle's first book, was published in 1997 by Namaste Publishing The book was republished on a large scale by New World Library in 1999.
• His second book, Stillness Speaks, appeared in 2003.That year, he stated that he had no intention of creating "a heavy commercial structure", nor of setting up an ashram or centre. He believed one "could develop organically"and said "one needs to be careful that the organization doesn't become self-serving"Nevertheless, his website sells his books and "a dizzying range"of materials offering spiritual guidance,and a separate website streams video of monthly group meditations

In 2005, Tolle published A New Earth.; In January, Oprah Winfrey selected it for her book club, and high sales followed.In the four weeks following the announcement, 3.5 million copies were shipped.It was ranked number one on The New York Times Best Seller list 46 times by the end of 2008.

In 2008, Tolle partnered with Winfrey to produce a series of webinars, each one focusing on a chapter from his books, with discussions, silent meditations, and questions from viewers via Skype.The third webinar attracted more than 11 million viewers.By October 2009, the webinars had been accessed 35 million times.

In 2016, Tolle was named in Winfrey's Sy

In September 2009, he appeared with the Dalai Lama at the Vancouver Peace Summit. The same year, he published Guardians of Being, a picture book illustrated by Patrick McDonnell, the creator of the comic strip Mutts.

In 2018, Watkins Mind Body Spiritpublished some of Tolle's nature photography. Tolle commented that "both art and nature can serve as portals into the transcendent dimension, your essence-identity."