If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.
THICH NHAT HANHChoose to be in touch with what is wonderful, refreshing, and healing within yourself and around you.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
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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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In true love, you attain freedom.
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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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Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself.
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If love is in our hearts, every thought, word, and deed can bring about a miracle. Because understanding is the very foundation of love, words and actions that emerge from our love are always helpful.
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You do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.
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Every word, every look, every action, and every smile can bring happiness to others.
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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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Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
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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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Your presence is a miracle.
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Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
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If you think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive.
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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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