"Thought subsides when you pet your dog..." - Quote by Eckhart Tolle

“The mental suffering you create is always some form of non-acceptance,some form of unconscious resistance to what is.On the level of thought, the resistance is some form of judgement.The intensity of the suffering depends on the degree of resistance to the present moment.”

“True freedom and the end of suffering is living in such a way as if you had completely chosen whatever you feel or experience at this moment. This inner alignment with Now is the end of suffering. Is suffering really necessary? Yes and no. If you had not suffered as you have, there would be no depth to you as a human being, no humility, no compassion. You would not be reading this now. Suffering cracks open the shell of ego, and then comes a point when it has served its purpose. Suffering is necessary until you realize it is unnecessary.”

“Whenever you are able, have a "look" inside yourself to see whether you are unconsciously creating conflict between the inner and the outer, between your external circumstances at that moment - where you are, who you are with, or what you are doing - and your thoughts and feelings. Can you feel how painful it is to internally stand in opposition to what is? When you recognize this, you also realize that you are now free to give up this futile conflict, this inner state of war.”

“A dog can never tell you what she knows from the smells of the world, but you know, watching her, that you know almost nothing.”

“Complete non-violence is complete absence of ill-will against all that lives. It therefore embraces even sub-human life, not excluding noxious insects and beasts. They have not been created to feed our destructive propensities. If we only knew the mind of the Creator, we should find their proper place in His creation.”

“A dog has the soul of a philosopher.”

“A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.”

“Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.”

“I have sworn with my tongue, but my mind is unsworn.[Lat., Juravi lingua, mentem injuratem gero.]”