Many people think excitement is happiness. But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.
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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Be Yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle. Just Be.
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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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We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive – that you can touch the miracle of being alive – then that is a kind of enlightenment.
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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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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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In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
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You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.
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Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.
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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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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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In true love, there is no pride.
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Real love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions.
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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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As long as you find something beautiful, good, and true to believe in and abide by, you have the equivalent of God in your life.
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