People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
THICH NHAT HANHGo 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.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.
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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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There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.
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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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If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.
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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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My actions are my only true belongings.
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When you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
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Smile, breathe and go slowly.
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Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
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It is possible to live twenty-four hours a day in a state of love. Every movement, every glance, every thought, and every word can be infused with love.
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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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The Seven Factors of Awakening are mindfulness, investigation of phenomena, diligence, joy, ease, concentration, and letting go.
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Only the present moment contains life.
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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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