Go back and take care of yourself. Your body needs you, your feelings need you, your perceptions need you. Your suffering needs you to acknowledge it. Go home and be there for all these things.
THICH NHAT HANHYou 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.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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Many people think excitement is happiness. But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.
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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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My actions are my only true belongings.
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We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that is available.
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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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There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.
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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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Your presence is a miracle.
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We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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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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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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Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.
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Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future.
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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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As we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish peace and happiness in those we love.
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