We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
THICH NHAT HANHWithout 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.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it.
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In the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change.
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You cannot transmit wisdom and insight to another person. The seed is already there. A good teacher touches the seed, allowing it to wake up, to sprout, and to grow.
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I have arrived. I am home. My destination is in each step.
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Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
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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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To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.
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Be Yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle. Just Be.
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As we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish peace and happiness in those we love.
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In true love, you attain freedom.
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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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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 your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
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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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As long as you find something beautiful, good, and true to believe in and abide by, you have the equivalent of God in your life.
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