Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.
THICH NHAT HANHPeople have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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Only the present moment contains life.
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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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Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it.
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Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
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Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
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Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.
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Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
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The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.
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Sometimes when I am alone in my room in the dark, I practice smiling to myself. I do this to be kind to myself, to take good care of myself, to love myself. I know that if I cannot take care of myself, I cannot take care of anyone else.
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People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?
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Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.
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We have to walk in a way that we only print peace and serenity on the Earth. Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.
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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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As we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish peace and happiness in those we love.
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