The source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding.
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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Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
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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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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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At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it.
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I have arrived. I am home. My destination is in each step.
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You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.
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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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We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don’t allow our bodies to heal, and we don’t allow our minds and hearts to heal.
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Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.
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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 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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In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
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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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I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.
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We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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