We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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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Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
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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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Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.
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Without being peace, we cannot do anything for peace. If we cannot smile, we cannot help other people to smile. If we are not peaceful, then we cannot contribute to the peace movement.
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When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?
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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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Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.
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I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.
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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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Choose to be in touch with what is wonderful, refreshing, and healing within yourself and around you.
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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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If you think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive.
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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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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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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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