Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.
THICH NHAT HANHThere 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.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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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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Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.
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Be angry, it’s okay. To be angry, that is very human. And to learn how to smile at your anger and make peace with your anger is very nice.
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Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
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There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.
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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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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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The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.
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Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
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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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Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.
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The desire to be a free person is very worthwhile. To be free means you are no longer the victim of fear, anger, craving, or suspicion.
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The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.
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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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