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.
THICH NHAT HANHBecause you are alive, everything is possible.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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Your presence is a miracle.
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When you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
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Mindful time spent with the person we love is the fullest expression of true love and real generosity.
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Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.
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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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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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My actions are my only true belongings.
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There is a time for everything. There is a time when I sit down, I concentrate myself on the problem of my bills, but I would not worry before that. One thing at a time.
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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 are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.
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As we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish peace and happiness in those we love.
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The source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding.
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Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
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People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?
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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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