Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
THICH NHAT HANHWe 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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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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In true love, there is no pride.
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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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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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If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.
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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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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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The way you speak to others can offer them joy, happiness, self-confidence, hope, trust, and enlightenment. Mindful speaking is a deep practice.
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When we change our daily lives – the way we think, speak and act – we change the world.
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Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.
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We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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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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Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.
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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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When you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
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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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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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Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos – the trees, the clouds, everything.
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Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
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In true love, you attain freedom.
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We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that is available.
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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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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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Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.
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The moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting others.
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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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