Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.
THICH NHAT HANHIn true love, you attain freedom.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
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Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it.
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When you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
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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 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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Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.
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There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.
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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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You cannot transmit wisdom and insight to another person. The seed is already there. A good teacher touches the seed, allowing it to wake up, to sprout, and to grow.
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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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The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.
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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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If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.
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Smile, breathe and go slowly.
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Silence is something that comes from your heart, not from outside. Silence doesn’t mean not talking and not doing things; it means that you are not disturbed inside. If you’re truly silent, then no matter what situation you find yourself in you can enjoy the silence.
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