In true love, you attain freedom.
THICH NHAT HANHMost of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending.
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Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.
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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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Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.
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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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Every word, every look, every action, and every smile can bring happiness to others.
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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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Because you are alive, everything is possible.
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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don’t suffer anymore.
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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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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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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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People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena.
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Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.
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