To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
THICH NHAT HANHThe three kinds of pride are: thinking I am better than the others; thinking I am worse than the others; and thinking I am just as good as the others.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.
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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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If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.
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Only the present moment contains life.
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To be loved means to be recognized as existing.
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Every word, every look, every action, and every smile can bring happiness to others.
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People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?
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Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
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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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We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive – that you can touch the miracle of being alive – then that is a kind of enlightenment.
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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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A true partner or friend is one who encourages you to look deep inside yourself for the beauty and love you’ve been seeking.
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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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