Real love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions.
THICH NHAT HANHThe moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting others.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
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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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If you think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive.
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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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My actions are my only true belongings.
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Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.
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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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If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.
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Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.
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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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As long as you find something beautiful, good, and true to believe in and abide by, you have the equivalent of God in your life.
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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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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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Choose to be in touch with what is wonderful, refreshing, and healing within yourself and around you.
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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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