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.
THICH NHAT HANHThe moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting others.
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Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others will be possible.
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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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When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending.
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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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Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
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Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself.
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There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.
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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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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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If you think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive.
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Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.
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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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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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For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.
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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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