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?
THICH NHAT HANHPeople normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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You cannot transmit wisdom and insight to another person. The seed is already there. A good teacher touches the seed, allowing it to wake up, to sprout, and to grow.
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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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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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There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.
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Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.
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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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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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People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena.
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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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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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Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos – the trees, the clouds, everything.
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Mindful time spent with the person we love is the fullest expression of true love and real generosity.
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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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You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.
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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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