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.
THICH NHAT HANHEvery word, every look, every action, and every smile can bring happiness to others.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.
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Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
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Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.
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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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The desire to be a free person is very worthwhile. To be free means you are no longer the victim of fear, anger, craving, or suspicion.
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Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it.
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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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People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena.
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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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Silence is something that comes from your heart, not from outside. Silence doesn’t mean not talking and not doing things; it means that you are not disturbed inside. If you’re truly silent, then no matter what situation you find yourself in you can enjoy the silence.
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Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.
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Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
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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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Go back and take care of yourself. Your body needs you, your feelings need you, your perceptions need you. Your suffering needs you to acknowledge it. Go home and be there for all these things.
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