Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.
THICH NHAT HANHIn the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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Choose to be in touch with what is wonderful, refreshing, and healing within yourself and around you.
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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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Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
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We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.
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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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The moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting others.
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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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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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For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.
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The desire to be a free person is very worthwhile. To be free means you are no longer the victim of fear, anger, craving, or suspicion.
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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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The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
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