If people believe the world is here to satisfy them, whenever they begin to encounter their limitations, they become unhappy.
Eckhart TolleWhereas the notion of purpose before was always associated with future, there is now a deeper purpose that can only be found in the present, through denial of time.
Eckhart TolleEverything - a bird, a tree, even a simple stone, and certainly a human being - is ultimately unknowable. This is because it has unfathomable depth. All we can perceive, experience, think about, is the surface layer of reality, less than the tip of an iceberg. Underneath the surface appearance, everything is not only connected with everything else, but also with the Source of all life out of which it came. Even a stone, and more easily a flower or a bird, could show you the way back to God, to the Source, to yourself.
Eckhart Tolle