The Seven Factors of Awakening are mindfulness, investigation of phenomena, diligence, joy, ease, concentration, and letting go.
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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The source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding.
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You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.
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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 the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change.
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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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Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
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If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.
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You do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.
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The way you speak to others can offer them joy, happiness, self-confidence, hope, trust, and enlightenment. Mindful speaking is a deep practice.
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Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
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The quality of our life depends on the quality of the seeds that lie deep in our consciousness.
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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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My actions are my only true belongings.
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Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
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When you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
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