Be angry, it’s okay. To be angry, that is very human. And to learn how to smile at your anger and make peace with your anger is very nice.
THICH NHAT HANHMost of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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Smile, breathe and go slowly.
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Choose to be in touch with what is wonderful, refreshing, and healing within yourself and around you.
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There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.
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Be part of the miraculous moment.
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Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos – the trees, the clouds, everything.
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Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.
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Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.
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To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
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There is a time for everything. There is a time when I sit down, I concentrate myself on the problem of my bills, but I would not worry before that. One thing at a time.
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Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive – that you can touch the miracle of being alive – then that is a kind of enlightenment.
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Sometimes when I am alone in my room in the dark, I practice smiling to myself. I do this to be kind to myself, to take good care of myself, to love myself. I know that if I cannot take care of myself, I cannot take care of anyone else.
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What you are looking for is already in you. You already are everything you are seeking.
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Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
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Without being peace, we cannot do anything for peace. If we cannot smile, we cannot help other people to smile. If we are not peaceful, then we cannot contribute to the peace movement.
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Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
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