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.
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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The quality of our life depends on the quality of the seeds that lie deep in our consciousness.
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As we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish peace and happiness in those we love.
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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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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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Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
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The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.
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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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Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others will be possible.
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For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.
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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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Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.
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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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Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
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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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There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.
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Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
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We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.
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Sometimes when I am alone in my room in the dark, I practice smiling to myself. I do this to be kind to myself, to take good care of myself, to love myself. I know that if I cannot take care of myself, I cannot take care of anyone else.
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Your presence is a miracle.
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If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.
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Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.
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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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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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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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The 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.
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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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