We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.
THICH NHAT HANHReal love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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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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Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive – that you can touch the miracle of being alive – then that is a kind of enlightenment.
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You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
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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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When we change our daily lives – the way we think, speak and act – we change the world.
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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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Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
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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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Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.
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Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
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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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My actions are my only true belongings.
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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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Every word, every look, every action, and every smile can bring happiness to others.
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