The way you speak to others can offer them joy, happiness, self-confidence, hope, trust, and enlightenment. Mindful speaking is a deep practice.
THICH NHAT HANH
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.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
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Human beings are not our enemy. Our enemy is not the other person. Our enemy is the violence, ignorance, and injustice in us and in the other person.
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The source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding.
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For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.
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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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You cannot transmit wisdom and insight to another person. The seed is already there. A good teacher touches the seed, allowing it to wake up, to sprout, and to grow.
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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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Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself.
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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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Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.
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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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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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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 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.
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The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.
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