We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we’ll also have a lot more joy in living.
THICH NHAT HANHThe 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.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future.
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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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I have arrived. I am home. My destination is in each step.
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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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Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos – the trees, the clouds, everything.
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Because you are alive, everything is possible.
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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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Every word, every look, every action, and every smile can bring happiness to others.
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You do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.
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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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We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.
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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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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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A true partner or friend is one who encourages you to look deep inside yourself for the beauty and love you’ve been seeking.
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The quality of our life depends on the quality of the seeds that lie deep in our consciousness.
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