1,435 Quotes by Eckhart Tolle

The great arises out of small things that are honored and cared for. Everybody's life really consists of small things. Greatness is a mental abstraction and a favorite fantasy of the ego. The paradox is that the foundation for greatness is the honoring of small things of the present moment instead of pursuing the idea of greatness.

You can only lose something that you have, but you cannot lose something that you are.

I believe from what I can see there is a good chance the shift will happen in humanity before it is too late.

Feeling will get you closer to the truth of who you are than thinking. I cannot tell you anything that deep within you don't already know. When you have reached a certain stage of inner connectedness, you recognize the truth when you hear it. If you haven't reached that stage yet, the practice of body awareness will bring about the deepening that is necessary.

In whatever way change comes, the important thing is to take responsibility for this moment. Then, life becomes cooperative.

Everything is shown up by being exposed to the light, and whatever is exposed to the light itself becomes light.

The human condition: lost in thought.

Acceptance of the unacceptable is the greatest source of grace in this world.

Carl Jung tells in one of his books of a conversation he had with a Native American chief who pointed out to him that in his perception most white people have tense faces, staring eyes, and a cruel demeanor. He said: “They are always seeking something. What are they seeking? The whites always want something. They are always uneasy and restless. We don't know what they want. We think they are mad.