We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.
THICH NHAT HANHWe 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.
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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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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Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
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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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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
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The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.
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Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.
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Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
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Be part of the miraculous moment.
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Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.
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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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If love is in our hearts, every thought, word, and deed can bring about a miracle. Because understanding is the very foundation of love, words and actions that emerge from our love are always helpful.
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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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For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.
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