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Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.

Thich Nhat Hanh

You cannot transmit wisdom and insight to another person. The seed is already there. A good teacher touches the seed, allowing it to wake up, to sprout, and to grow.
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Growth Person Seed Teacher Touch Transmit Wake Up Wisdom
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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Depression Fear Hard Time Let Go People Suffering
We have to walk in a way that we only print peace and serenity on the Earth. Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.
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Earth Feet Kiss Peace Serenity Walk
Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos – the trees, the clouds, everything.
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Body Cloud Expression Gratitude Health Tree
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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Enemy Human Ignorance Injustice Person Violence
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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Beautiful Couple Encourage Friendship Love Seek Yourself
The source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding.
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Approach Awake Gentle Mind Smile Source True Understand
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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Couple Deep Love Presence Relationship
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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Be Yourself Element Happiness Need Precious Struggle
The quality of our life depends on the quality of the seeds that lie deep in our consciousness.
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Conscious Deep Depend Inspirational Life Quality Seed
If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.
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Distance Love Togetherness True Love Yourself
Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.
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Business Knowledge Throw Understand
The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
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Amount Depend Freedom Happiness Heart Positive
It is possible to live twenty-four hours a day in a state of love. Every movement, every glance, every thought, and every word can be infused with love.
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Glance Love Movement Possible
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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Air Inspirational Mind Need Plant Silence
In true love, there is no pride.
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Love One Liner Pride

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