"You do not become good by trying to be good, but by finding the goodness that is already within you." 

-Eckhart Tolle

"Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it."
-Eckhart Tolle

"Sometimes surrender means giving up trying to understand and becoming comfortable with not knowing." 

-Eckhart Tolle

“Life isn't as serious as the mind makes it out to be.” 

-Eckhart Tolle

"When you surrender to what is and so become fully present, the past ceases to have any power. You do not need it anymore. Presence is the key. Now is the key." 

-Eckhart Tolle

“Not all thinking and all emotion are of the ego. They turn into ego only when you identify with them and they take you over completely, that is to say, when they become 'I.'” 

-Eckhart Tolle

"Even a stone, and more easily a flower or a bird, could show you the way back to God, to the Source, to yourself. When you look at it or hold it & let it be without imposing a word of mental label on it, a sense of awe, of wonder, arises within you. Its essence silently communicates itself to you and reflects your own essence back to you." 

-Eckhart Tolle

"All the things that truly matter — beauty, love, creativity, joy, inner peace — arise from beyond the mind." 
-Eckhart Tolle

"Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is Life itself, it is an insane way to live."
-Eckhart Tolle

"Stillness is the only thing in this world that has no form. But then, it is not really a thing, and it is not of this world."
-Eckhart Tolle

"When you realize that all things that truly matter - beauty, love, creativity, joy, inner peace - arise from beyond the mind... you begin to awaken." 
-Eckhart Tolle