Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.
THICH NHAT HANHHope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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The moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting others.
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Only the present moment contains life.
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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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Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.
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The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.
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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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Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.
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Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future.
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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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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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Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.
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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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People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena.
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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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We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don’t allow our bodies to heal, and we don’t allow our minds and hearts to heal.
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