Eckhart Tolle

If you are in a state of intense presence you are free of thought, yet highly alert. If your conscious attention sinks below a certain level, thought rushes in, the mental noise returns, stillness is lost, you’re back in time.

Eckhart Tolle

If you are in the habit of creating suffering for yourself, then you are probably creating suffering for others too.

Eckhart Tolle

If you are not in alignment with the moment, life is a struggle. Really, all you have to do is take responsibility for your inner alignment with now.

Eckhart Tolle

If you are not in the state of either acceptance, enjoyment, or enthusiasm, look closely and you will find that you are creating suffering for yourself and others.

Eckhart Tolle

If you are not taking responsibility for your state of consciousness, you are not taking responsibility for life.

Eckhart Tolle

If you are trying to get from here to there, and you already are late, you know that you are late, and yet you are aligned with the present moment while you are stuck in a traffic jam. You are totally accepting of the moment.

Eckhart Tolle

If you cannot be at ease with yourself when alone, you will seek a relationship to cover up your unease. You can be sure that the unease will then reappear in some other form within the relationship, and you will probably hold your partner responsible for it.

Eckhart Tolle

If you cannot surrender, take action immediately: Speak up or do something to bring about a change in the situation – or remove yourself from it. Take responsibility for your life.

Eckhart Tolle

If you don’t have a good relationship with the now, you don’t have a good relationship with life.

Eckhart Tolle

If you find the here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: Remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally…

Eckhart Tolle