The source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding.
THICH NHAT HANHFor things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
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Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.
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Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.
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Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.
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I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.
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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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The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.
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Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
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Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it.
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Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
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We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we’ll also have a lot more joy in living.
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The desire to be a free person is very worthwhile. To be free means you are no longer the victim of fear, anger, craving, or suspicion.
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