Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.
THICH NHAT HANHYou have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.
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Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.
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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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Only the present moment contains life.
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Many people think excitement is happiness. But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.
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There is the mud, and there is the lotus that grows out of the mud. We need the mud in order to make the lotus.
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At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it.
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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
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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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Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
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What you are looking for is already in you. You already are everything you are seeking.
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We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that is available.
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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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To be loved means to be recognized as existing.
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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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We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we’ll also have a lot more joy in living.
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Because you are alive, everything is possible.
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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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Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos – the trees, the clouds, everything.
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Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others will be possible.
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Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
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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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I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.
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People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena.
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