If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.
THICH NHAT HANHBecause you are alive, everything is possible.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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If you think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive.
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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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In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
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Human beings are not our enemy. Our enemy is not the other person. Our enemy is the violence, ignorance, and injustice in us and in the other person.
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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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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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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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Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.
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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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The Seven Factors of Awakening are mindfulness, investigation of phenomena, diligence, joy, ease, concentration, and letting go.
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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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The source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding.
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Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
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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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