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Silence is something that comes from your heart, not from outside. Silence doesn’t mean not talking and not doing things; it means that you are not disturbed inside. If you’re truly silent, then no matter what situation you find yourself in you can enjoy the silence.

Thich Nhat Hanh

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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Arrive Destination Realize Space Time Transformation
People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
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Depression Fear Hard Time Let Go People Suffering
What you are looking for is already in you. You already are everything you are seeking.
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Inspirational Look Seek
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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Contribute Help Movement Peace People Smile
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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Alone Darkness Kindness Love Myself Practice Smile Take Care
Be Yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle. Just Be.
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Be Yourself Element Happiness Need Precious Struggle
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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Business Growth Inspirational Lotus Mud Strategy Success
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.
THICH NHAT HANH

Contribute Help Movement Peace People Smile
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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Help Himself Message Punishment Suffering Truth
We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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Available Business Inspirational Moments Opportunity Possiblity Realize
Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.
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Alive Failure Inspirational Miracle People
The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
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Amount Depend Freedom Happiness Heart Positive
People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena.
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People Phenomena Reality
Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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Help Kindness Listen Suffering
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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Believe Inspirational Pride Thinking
As we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish peace and happiness in those we love.
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Cultivate Happiness Love Nourish Ourselves Peace

Silence is something that comes from your heart, not from outside. Silence doesn’t mean not talking and not doing things; it means that you are not disturbed inside. If you’re truly silent, then no matter what situation you find yourself in you can enjoy the silence.

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Silence is something that comes from your heart, not from outside. Silence doesn’t mean not talking and not doing things; it means that you are not disturbed inside. If you’re truly silent, then no matter what situation you find yourself in you can enjoy the silence.

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