There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.
THICH NHAT HANHThe Seven Factors of Awakening are mindfulness, investigation of phenomena, diligence, joy, ease, concentration, and letting go.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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Mindful time spent with the person we love is the fullest expression of true love and real generosity.
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A true partner or friend is one who encourages you to look deep inside yourself for the beauty and love you’ve been seeking.
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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.
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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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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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When we change our daily lives – the way we think, speak and act – we change the world.
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If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.
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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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Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.
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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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To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.
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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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Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future.
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Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.
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My actions are my only true belongings.
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