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.
THICH NHAT HANHSometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.
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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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In true love, you attain freedom.
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Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
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The Seven Factors of Awakening are mindfulness, investigation of phenomena, diligence, joy, ease, concentration, and letting go.
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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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Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.
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If you think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive.
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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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When you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
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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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I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.
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The way must be in you; the destination also must be in you and not somewhere else in space or time. If that kind of self-transformation is being realized in you, you will arrive.
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Today is the most important day of our lives.
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Every word, every look, every action, and every smile can bring happiness to others.
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