Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.
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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Be angry, it’s okay. To be angry, that is very human. And to learn how to smile at your anger and make peace with your anger is very nice.
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The source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding.
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The Seven Factors of Awakening are mindfulness, investigation of phenomena, diligence, joy, ease, concentration, and letting go.
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Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself.
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Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.
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You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
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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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My actions are my only true belongings.
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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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In the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change.
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Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it.
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Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.
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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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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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Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future.
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