We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that is available.
THICH NHAT HANHTake my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don’t suffer anymore.
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There is a time for everything. There is a time when I sit down, I concentrate myself on the problem of my bills, but I would not worry before that. One thing at a time.
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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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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 have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.
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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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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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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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Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.
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Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
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Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.
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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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We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don’t allow our bodies to heal, and we don’t allow our minds and hearts to heal.
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At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it.
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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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