The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.
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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Mindful time spent with the person we love is the fullest expression of true love and real generosity.
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Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself.
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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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Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.
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Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.
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In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
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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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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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There is the mud, and there is the lotus that grows out of the mud. We need the mud in order to make the lotus.
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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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Only the present moment contains life.
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My actions are my only true belongings.
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Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
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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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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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There is a time for everything. There is a time when I sit down, I concentrate myself on the problem of my bills, but I would not worry before that. One thing at a time.
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Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
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Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.
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As long as you find something beautiful, good, and true to believe in and abide by, you have the equivalent of God in your life.
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Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.
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Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
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In the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change.
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People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena.
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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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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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