In true love, there is no pride.
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More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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Many people think excitement is happiness. But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.
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You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
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There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.
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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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If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.
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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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Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.
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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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You do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.
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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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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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To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.
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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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When you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
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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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Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it.
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Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.
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Choose to be in touch with what is wonderful, refreshing, and healing within yourself and around you.
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In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
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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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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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Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
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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 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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Hope 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.
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