The Seven Factors of Awakening are mindfulness, investigation of phenomena, diligence, joy, ease, concentration, and letting go.
THICH NHAT HANHWaking 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.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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Sometimes when I am alone in my room in the dark, I practice smiling to myself. I do this to be kind to myself, to take good care of myself, to love myself. I know that if I cannot take care of myself, I cannot take care of anyone else.
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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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Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos – the trees, the clouds, everything.
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Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.
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You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.
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There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.
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We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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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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You do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.
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What you are looking for is already in you. You already are everything you are seeking.
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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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Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.
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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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Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.
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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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The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.
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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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Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others will be possible.
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I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.
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Be part of the miraculous moment.
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In true love, you attain freedom.
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When we change our daily lives – the way we think, speak and act – we change the world.
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In true love, there is no pride.
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Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.
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In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
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If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.
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