The source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding.
THICH NHAT HANHFeelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
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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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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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If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.
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Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
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Only the present moment contains life.
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We have to walk in a way that we only print peace and serenity on the Earth. Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.
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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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In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
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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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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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For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.
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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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When you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
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Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.
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To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.
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