Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
THICH NHAT HANHWhen you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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You cannot transmit wisdom and insight to another person. The seed is already there. A good teacher touches the seed, allowing it to wake up, to sprout, and to grow.
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When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending.
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Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
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If love is in our hearts, every thought, word, and deed can bring about a miracle. Because understanding is the very foundation of love, words and actions that emerge from our love are always helpful.
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Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it.
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When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?
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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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Your presence is a miracle.
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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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Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.
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If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.
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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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Today is the most important day of our lives.
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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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