Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
THICH NHAT HANHWhat you are looking for is already in you. You already are everything you are seeking.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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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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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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Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
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In true love, you attain freedom.
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Mindful time spent with the person we love is the fullest expression of true love and real generosity.
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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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Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos – the trees, the clouds, everything.
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Because you are alive, everything is possible.
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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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Be Yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle. Just Be.
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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 the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change.
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Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
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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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