What you are looking for is already in you. You already are everything you are seeking.
THICH NHAT HANHIt is possible to live twenty-four hours a day in a state of love. Every movement, every glance, every thought, and every word can be infused with love.
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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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In true love, you attain freedom.
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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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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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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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You do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.
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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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You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
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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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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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People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
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If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.
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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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The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.
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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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