Wise advice on awareness

Be at least as interested in what goes on inside you as what happens outside - Eckhart Tolle
This quote is a direct instruction to balance your focus. The core message is that your internal state, your thoughts, emotions, and energy, is not just important, it's the primary reality you experience. The outside world is secondary.

Wise advice on growth

You cannot find yourself by going into the past. You find yourself by coming into the present - Eckhart Tolle
The core message is brutally simple: stop rummaging through your past for an identity. Your true self isn't a story you've already lived; it's the awareness experiencing life right now.