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 HANHBreathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
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In true love, you attain freedom.
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The moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting others.
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Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it.
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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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When we change our daily lives – the way we think, speak and act – we change the world.
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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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People 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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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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Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.
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I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.
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Sometimes when I am alone in my room in the dark, I practice smiling to myself. I do this to be kind to myself, to take good care of myself, to love myself. I know that if I cannot take care of myself, I cannot take care of anyone else.
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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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When you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
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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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