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Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.

Thich Nhat Hanh

People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don’t suffer anymore.
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Catch Freedom People Release Suffering View
When we change our daily lives – the way we think, speak and act – we change the world.
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Action Attitude Change Inspirational Speak Thinking World
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
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.
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Endeavor Habit Joy Live Ourselves Relax Run Success Time
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
Go back and take care of yourself. Your body needs you, your feelings need you, your perceptions need you. Your suffering needs you to acknowledge it. Go home and be there for all these things.
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Body Family Feeling Home Need Perception Suffering Take Care
Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos – the trees, the clouds, everything.
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Body Cloud Expression Gratitude Health Tree
The Seven Factors of Awakening are mindfulness, investigation of phenomena, diligence, joy, ease, concentration, and letting go.
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Concentration Inspirational Investigation Joy Let Go Mind Phenomena
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
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Inspirational Joy Morning Positive Smile Source
The desire to be a free person is very worthwhile. To be free means you are no longer the victim of fear, anger, craving, or suspicion.
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Angry Desire Fear Freedom Inspirational Victim Worth
If you think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive.
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Arrive Happiness Inspirational Peace Run Thinking
Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
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Condition Freedom Giving Happiness Let Go
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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Earth Feet Kiss Peace Serenity Walk
Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
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Compassion Inspirational Learning Suffering Understand
Many people think excitement is happiness. But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.
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Excitement Happiness Peace People Thinking True
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

Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.

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Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.

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