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.
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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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.
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In true love, you attain freedom.
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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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As we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish peace and happiness in those we love.
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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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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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Today is the most important day of our lives.
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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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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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Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
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Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others will be possible.
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The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.
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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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Because you are alive, everything is possible.
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Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
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