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.
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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At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it.
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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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What you are looking for is already in you. You already are everything you are seeking.
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Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.
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Because you are alive, everything is possible.
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Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future.
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Today is the most important day of our lives.
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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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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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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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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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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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Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.
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It is possible to live twenty-four hours a day in a state of love. Every movement, every glance, every thought, and every word can be infused with love.
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Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.
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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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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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To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
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Your presence is a miracle.
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You do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.
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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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Every word, every look, every action, and every smile can bring happiness to others.
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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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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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We have to walk in a way that we only print peace and serenity on the Earth. Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.
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Be part of the miraculous moment.
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