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?
THICH NHAT HANHKeeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos – the trees, the clouds, everything.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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Choose to be in touch with what is wonderful, refreshing, and healing within yourself and around you.
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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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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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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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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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We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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If love is in our hearts, every thought, word, and deed can bring about a miracle. Because understanding is the very foundation of love, words and actions that emerge from our love are always helpful.
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In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
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The moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting others.
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Be angry, it’s okay. To be angry, that is very human. And to learn how to smile at your anger and make peace with your anger is very nice.
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When you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
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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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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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Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.
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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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