Silence 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.
THICH NHAT HANHWhen you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
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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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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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Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future.
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Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.
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We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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What you are looking for is already in you. You already are everything you are seeking.
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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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Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.
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At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it.
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The desire to be a free person is very worthwhile. To be free means you are no longer the victim of fear, anger, craving, or suspicion.
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Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
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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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The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.
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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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In true love, there is no pride.
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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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In the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change.
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Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.
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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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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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Every word, every look, every action, and every smile can bring happiness to others.
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We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.
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Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others will be possible.
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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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The way must be in you; the destination also must be in you and not somewhere else in space or time. If that kind of self-transformation is being realized in you, you will arrive.
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