To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
THICH NHAT HANHWithout 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.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don’t suffer anymore.
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People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena.
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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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Choose to be in touch with what is wonderful, refreshing, and healing within yourself and around you.
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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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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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The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
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You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.
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The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.
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What you are looking for is already in you. You already are everything you are seeking.
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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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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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In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
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The desire to be a free person is very worthwhile. To be free means you are no longer the victim of fear, anger, craving, or suspicion.
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Your presence is a miracle.
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