Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.
THICH NHAT HANHMany people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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The 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.
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Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.
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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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Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others will be possible.
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Your presence is a miracle.
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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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We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.
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Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
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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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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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Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
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What you are looking for is already in you. You already are everything you are seeking.
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To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
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People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena.
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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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