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 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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If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.
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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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For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.
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Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it.
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Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
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Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself.
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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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Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
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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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Your presence is a miracle.
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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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Be part of the miraculous moment.
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When we change our daily lives – the way we think, speak and act – we change the world.
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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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Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
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