Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.
THICH NHAT HANHMy actions are my only true belongings.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that is available.
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To be loved means to be recognized as existing.
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In true love, you attain freedom.
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Many people think excitement is happiness. But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.
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People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?
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People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena.
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You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.
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We have to walk in a way that we only print peace and serenity on the Earth. Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.
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The Seven Factors of Awakening are mindfulness, investigation of phenomena, diligence, joy, ease, concentration, and letting go.
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In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
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For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.
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Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.
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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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Your presence is a miracle.
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Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
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