If you think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive.
THICH NHAT HANHBe 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.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.
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To be loved means to be recognized as existing.
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The three kinds of pride are: thinking I am better than the others; thinking I am worse than the others; and thinking I am just as good as the others.
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The moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting others.
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Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
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Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.
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The Seven Factors of Awakening are mindfulness, investigation of phenomena, diligence, joy, ease, concentration, and letting go.
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Because you are alive, everything is possible.
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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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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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Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.
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Sometimes when I am alone in my room in the dark, I practice smiling to myself. I do this to be kind to myself, to take good care of myself, to love myself. I know that if I cannot take care of myself, I cannot take care of anyone else.
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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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As we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish peace and happiness in those we love.
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