We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don’t allow our bodies to heal, and we don’t allow our minds and hearts to heal.
THICH NHAT HANHThere is the mud, and there is the lotus that grows out of the mud. We need the mud in order to make the lotus.
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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When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?
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The way must be in you; the destination also must be in you and not somewhere else in space or time. If that kind of self-transformation is being realized in you, you will arrive.
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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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For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.
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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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When we change our daily lives – the way we think, speak and act – we change the world.
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Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
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When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending.
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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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Only the present moment contains life.
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Real love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions.
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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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To be loved means to be recognized as existing.
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You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.
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