Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
THICH NHAT HANHFear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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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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The source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding.
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The quality of our life depends on the quality of the seeds that lie deep in our consciousness.
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In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
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Go back and take care of yourself. Your body needs you, your feelings need you, your perceptions need you. Your suffering needs you to acknowledge it. Go home and be there for all these things.
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You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.
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It is possible to live twenty-four hours a day in a state of love. Every movement, every glance, every thought, and every word can be infused with love.
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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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The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
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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 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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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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A true partner or friend is one who encourages you to look deep inside yourself for the beauty and love you’ve been seeking.
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Only the present moment contains life.
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