Eckert Tolle

So next time somebody says, “Sorry to have kept you waiting”, you can reply, “That’s all right, I wasn’t waiting. I was just standing here enjoying myself – in joy in myself.”

Conscious breathing, which is a powerful meditation in its own right, will gradually put you in touch with the body.

Becoming aware of awareness is the arising of inner stillness.

Every time you create a gap in the stream of mind, the light of your consciousness grows stronger.

Acceptance means: For now, this is what this situation, this moment, requires me to do, and so I do it willingly.

Ego is the unobserved mind that runs your life when you are not present as the witnessing consciousness, the watcher.

Wisdom is a deep understanding and for wisdom to arise you have to become comfortable in not knowing. Not knowing is the source of all true knowing. Humility also comes from not knowing.

You cannot have an argument with a fully conscious person. An argument implies identification with your mind and a mental position, as well resistance to the other person’s position.

The soul is your innermost being. The presence that you are beyond form. The consciousness that you are beyond form, which is the soul. That is who you are in essence

When you doing is infused with Being, it becomes a joyful celebration of life energy that takes you more deeply into the Now.

In Taoism, there is a term called wu wei, which is usually translated as “actionless activity” or “sitting quietly doing nothing.” In ancient China, this was regarded as one of the highest achievements or virtues.

The mind-identified state is severely dysfunctional. It is a form of insanity. Almost everyone is suffering from this illness in varying degrees. The moment you realise this, there can be no more resentment. How can you resent someone’s illness? The only appropriate response is compassion.

Become an alchemist! Transmute base metal into gold, suffering into consciousness, disaster into enlightenment.

The basis for true change is freedom from negativity. And that's what acceptance implies: no negativity about what is. And then you see what this moment requires: what is it that is required now so that life can express itself more fully?

Stillness is where creativity and solutions to problems are found.