Smile, breathe and go slowly.
THICH NHAT HANHA true partner or friend is one who encourages you to look deep inside yourself for the beauty and love you’ve been seeking.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.
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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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Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others will be possible.
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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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There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.
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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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To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.
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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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If you think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive.
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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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The source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding.
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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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When you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
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Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
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