Eckhart Tolle

Joy does not come from what you do, it flows into what you do and thus into this world from deep within you.

Where ever you are, be there totally.

The atoms that make up your body were once forged inside stars, and the causes of even the smallest event are virtually infinite and connected with the whole in incomprehensible ways.

When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world. Your innermost sense of self, of who you are, is inseparable from stillness. This is the I Am that is deeper than name and form.

There are two levels to your pain: the pain that you create now, and the pain from the past that still lives on in your mind and body. Ceasing to create pain in the present and dissolving past pain - this is what I want to talk about now.

Allow whatever this moment contains. No matter what event or happening or situation, say 'yes' to it. Allow it to be.

To be conscious of Being, you need to reclaim consciousness from the mind. This is one of the most essential tasks on your spiritual journey.

True intelligence operates silently. Stillness is where creativity and solutions to problems are found.

The power is in you. The answer is in you. And you are the answer to all your searches: you are the goal. You are the answer. It's never outside.

When you complain, you make yourself a victim. When you speak out, you are in power.

Life is now. There was never a time_x000D_ _x000D_ when your life was not now, nor will there ever be.

Just as the dog loves to chew bones, the human mind loves its problems.

Being an outsider to some extent, someone who does not "fit in" with others or is rejected by them for whatever reason, makes life difficult, but it also places you at an advantage as far as enlightenment is concerned. It takes you out of unconsciousness almost by force.

Emotions arise in the place where your mind and body meet

Space and silence are two aspects of the same thing. The same no-thing. They are externalization of inner space and inner silence, which is stillness: the infinitely creative womb of all existence.

You are not separate from the whole. You are one with the sun, the earth, the air. You don’t have a life. You are life.

There is only one perpetrator of evil on the planet: human unconsciousness. That realization is true forgiveness. With forgiveness, your victim identity dissolves, and your true power emerges--the power of Presence. Instead of blaming the darkness, you bring in the light.

In essence, you are neither inferior nor superior to anyone. True self-esteem and true humility arise out of that realization. In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and humility are contradictory. In truth, they are one and the same.

Rather than being your thoughts and emotions, be the awareness behind them.

The more shared past there is in a relationship, the more present you need to be.

Suffering needs time. It cannot survive in the now.