Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
THICH NHAT HANHSilence 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.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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Real love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions.
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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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Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.
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The way must be in you; the destination also must be in you and not somewhere else in space or time. If that kind of self-transformation is being realized in you, you will arrive.
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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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Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos – the trees, the clouds, 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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The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.
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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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When we change our daily lives – the way we think, speak and act – we change the world.
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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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Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.
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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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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 way you speak to others can offer them joy, happiness, self-confidence, hope, trust, and enlightenment. Mindful speaking is a deep practice.
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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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The quality of our life depends on the quality of the seeds that lie deep in our consciousness.
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Smile, breathe and go slowly.
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I have arrived. I am home. My destination is in each step.
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Today is the most important day of our lives.
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People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
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Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.
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I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.
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