What you are looking for is already in you. You already are everything you are seeking.
THICH NHAT HANHWhen we change our daily lives – the way we think, speak and act – we change the world.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.
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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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Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.
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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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Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.
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Many people think excitement is happiness. But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.
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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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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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The way must be in you; the destination also must be in you and not somewhere else in space or time. If that kind of self-transformation is being realized in you, you will arrive.
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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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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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Smile, breathe and go slowly.
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When we change our daily lives – the way we think, speak and act – we change the world.
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As we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish peace and happiness in those we love.
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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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