When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending.
THICH NHAT HANHFor things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.
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The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.
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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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When you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
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Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.
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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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In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
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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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Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.
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Be Yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle. Just Be.
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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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Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself.
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Every word, every look, every action, and every smile can bring happiness to others.
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In true love, you attain freedom.
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Be angry, it’s okay. To be angry, that is very human. And to learn how to smile at your anger and make peace with your anger is very nice.
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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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Today is the most important day of our lives.
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Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
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The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with 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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If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.
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Human beings are not our enemy. Our enemy is not the other person. Our enemy is the violence, ignorance, and injustice in us and in the other person.
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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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The moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting others.
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To be loved means to be recognized as existing.
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The quality of our life depends on the quality of the seeds that lie deep in our consciousness.
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