Choose to be in touch with what is wonderful, refreshing, and healing within yourself and around you.
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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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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Only the present moment contains life.
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We 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.
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We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.
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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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When you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
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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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Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
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Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.
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Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.
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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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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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Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
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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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Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.
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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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You cannot transmit wisdom and insight to another person. The seed is already there. A good teacher touches the seed, allowing it to wake up, to sprout, and to grow.
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Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself.
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The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
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Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.
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There is the mud, and there is the lotus that grows out of the mud. We need the mud in order to make the lotus.
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We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.
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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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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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A true partner or friend is one who encourages you to look deep inside yourself for the beauty and love you’ve been seeking.
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