Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.
THICH NHAT HANHYou 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.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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The way you speak to others can offer them joy, happiness, self-confidence, hope, trust, and enlightenment. Mindful speaking is a deep practice.
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Today is the most important day of our lives.
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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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We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that is available.
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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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Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
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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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Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future.
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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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There is the mud, and there is the lotus that grows out of the mud. We need the mud in order to make the lotus.
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Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
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Many people think excitement is happiness. But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.
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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 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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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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