Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
THICH NHAT HANHWe will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we’ll also have a lot more joy in living.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.
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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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You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
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At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it.
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We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that is available.
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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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We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don’t allow our bodies to heal, and we don’t allow our minds and hearts to heal.
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Today is the most important day of our lives.
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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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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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People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
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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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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 love, there is no pride.
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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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