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.
THICH NHAT HANHIf 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.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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Many people think excitement is happiness. But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.
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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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Smile, breathe and go slowly.
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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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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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Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
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There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.
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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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Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.
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Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.
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Real love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions.
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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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Today is the most important day of our lives.
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We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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