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 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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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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What you are looking for is already in you. You already are everything you are seeking.
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We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.
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I have arrived. I am home. My destination is in each step.
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Today is the most important day of our lives.
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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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As long as you find something beautiful, good, and true to believe in and abide by, you have the equivalent of God in your life.
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Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
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When we change our daily lives – the way we think, speak and act – we change the world.
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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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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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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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Your presence is a miracle.
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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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Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.
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