Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.
THICH NHAT HANHThe greatest of all miracles is to be alive.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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What you are looking for is already in you. You already are everything you are seeking.
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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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Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
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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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If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.
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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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Smile, breathe and go slowly.
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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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The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.
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Go back and take care of yourself. Your body needs you, your feelings need you, your perceptions need you. Your suffering needs you to acknowledge it. Go home and be there for all these things.
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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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If you think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive.
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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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People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena.
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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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