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.
THICH NHAT HANHBecause you are alive, everything is possible.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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Silence is something that comes from your heart, not from outside. Silence doesn’t mean not talking and not doing things; it means that you are not disturbed inside. If you’re truly silent, then no matter what situation you find yourself in you can enjoy the silence.
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Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
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Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others will be possible.
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If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.
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To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.
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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 source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding.
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Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
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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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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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People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena.
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Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
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The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.
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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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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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