Every word, every look, every action, and every smile can bring happiness to others.
THICH NHAT HANHSilence 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.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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 think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive.
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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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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 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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There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.
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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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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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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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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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People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?
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Because you are alive, everything is possible.
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Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
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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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The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.
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