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Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
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Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.
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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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At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it.
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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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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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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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In the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change.
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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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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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To be loved means to be recognized as existing.
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Existence Love Recognize
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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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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My actions are my only true belongings.
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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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Because you are alive, everything is possible.
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