Many people think excitement is happiness. But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.
THICH NHAT HANHMost of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
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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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In true love, you attain freedom.
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Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.
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Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
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Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
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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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The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
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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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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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What you are looking for is already in you. You already are everything you are seeking.
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The source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding.
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Silence is something that comes from your heart, not from outside. Silence doesn’t mean not talking and not doing things; it means that you are not disturbed inside. If you’re truly silent, then no matter what situation you find yourself in you can enjoy the silence.
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Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
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Without being peace, we cannot do anything for peace. If we cannot smile, we cannot help other people to smile. If we are not peaceful, then we cannot contribute to the peace movement.
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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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We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that is available.
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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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We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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Only the present moment contains life.
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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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As long as you find something beautiful, good, and true to believe in and abide by, you have the equivalent of God in your life.
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Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.
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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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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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As we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish peace and happiness in those we love.
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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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