Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.
THICH NHAT HANHSilence 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.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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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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As we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish peace and happiness in those we love.
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Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.
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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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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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Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
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I have arrived. I am home. My destination is in each step.
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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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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.
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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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Be part of the miraculous moment.
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People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don’t suffer anymore.
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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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Only the present moment contains life.
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