The moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting others.
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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We have to walk in a way that we only print peace and serenity on the Earth. Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.
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Every word, every look, every action, and every smile can bring happiness to others.
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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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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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Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.
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Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself.
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Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
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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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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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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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Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
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You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
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There is the mud, and there is the lotus that grows out of the mud. We need the mud in order to make the lotus.
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Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
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A true partner or friend is one who encourages you to look deep inside yourself for the beauty and love you’ve been seeking.
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