People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena.
THICH NHAT HANHBirth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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My actions are my only true belongings.
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When you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
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Only the present moment contains life.
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What you are looking for is already in you. You already are everything you are seeking.
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Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
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In the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change.
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Today is the most important day of our lives.
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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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Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others will be possible.
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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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Choose to be in touch with what is wonderful, refreshing, and healing within yourself and around you.
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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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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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If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.
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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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