Your presence is a miracle.
THICH NHAT HANHWhen 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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Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.
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We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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My actions are my only true belongings.
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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending.
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Silence is something that comes from your heart, not from outside. Silence doesn’t mean not talking and not doing things; it means that you are not disturbed inside. If you’re truly silent, then no matter what situation you find yourself in you can enjoy the silence.
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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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In the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change.
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Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.
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Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.
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Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.
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Today is the most important day of our lives.
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Only the present moment contains life.
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We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.
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Without being peace, we cannot do anything for peace. If we cannot smile, we cannot help other people to smile. If we are not peaceful, then we cannot contribute to the peace movement.
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