Eckhart Tolle
True peace and liberation from suffering are found when you stop identifying with the incessant noise of your mind and more fully inhabit the present moment.
The present moment is the only place life is ever actually lived, while the past and future often function as mental constructions that keep you caught in anxiety and regret.
You are not your thoughts or the voice in your head, but rather the silent, observing presence beneath them.
Accumulated emotional pain survives inside you by feeding on negative thoughts, but it begins to dissolve when exposed to conscious, nonjudgmental awareness.