You do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.
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.
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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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Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.
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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.
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We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we’ll also have a lot more joy in living.
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When you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
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The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.
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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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Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
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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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To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.
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You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
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Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
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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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Because you are alive, everything is possible.
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Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
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