We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.
THICH NHAT HANHDeep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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The desire to be a free person is very worthwhile. To be free means you are no longer the victim of fear, anger, craving, or suspicion.
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You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
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Your presence is a miracle.
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Real love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions.
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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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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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There is the mud, and there is the lotus that grows out of the mud. We need the mud in order to make the lotus.
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When you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
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To be loved means to be recognized as existing.
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Only the present moment contains life.
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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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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.
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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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The quality of our life depends on the quality of the seeds that lie deep in our consciousness.
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Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.
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