Smile, breathe and go slowly.
THICH NHAT HANHIn true love, you attain freedom.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others will be possible.
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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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People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena.
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If love is in our hearts, every thought, word, and deed can bring about a miracle. Because understanding is the very foundation of love, words and actions that emerge from our love are always helpful.
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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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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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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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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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Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.
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Only the present moment contains life.
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When you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
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Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive – that you can touch the miracle of being alive – then that is a kind of enlightenment.
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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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As we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish peace and happiness in those we love.
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