When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?
THICH NHAT HANHThe three kinds of pride are: thinking I am better than the others; thinking I am worse than the others; and thinking I am just as good as the others.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
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Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it.
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When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending.
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Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos – the trees, the clouds, everything.
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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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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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Mindful time spent with the person we love is the fullest expression of true love and real generosity.
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As long as you find something beautiful, good, and true to believe in and abide by, you have the equivalent of God in your life.
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Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.
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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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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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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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It is possible to live twenty-four hours a day in a state of love. Every movement, every glance, every thought, and every word can be infused with love.
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The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.
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