1,435 Quotes by Eckhart Tolle

Significant things often happen when you are present. Things come to you, and then you respond to what is required. The response very often comes without a premeditated idea of what you want. It is simply a response to the situation.

True happiness is found in simple, seemingly unremarkable things.

Not to be able to stop thinking is an affliction, but we don't realise this because almost everybody is suffering from it.

Enlightened groups can exist, as long as the individuals' sense of identity is not derived from a mentally defined image of us.

When you are suffering, when you are unhappy, stay totally with what is Now. Unhappiness or problems cannot survive in the Now.

Spiritual awakening - is becoming awake to the aliveness of this moment.

Suffering is necessary until you realize it is unnecessary.

Through being "right", you feel superior and through feeling superior you strengthen your sense of self. In reality, of course, you are only strengthening the illusion of ego.

You simply have to surrender to the present moment. Be alert. Watch something in a state of alertness. Always, continuously, bring that into everyday life, not spirituality here and getting on with your life there.