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.
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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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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When you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
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If love is in our hearts, every thought, word, and deed can bring about a miracle. Because understanding is the very foundation of love, words and actions that emerge from our love are always helpful.
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It is possible to live twenty-four hours a day in a state of love. Every movement, every glance, every thought, and every word can be infused with love.
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What you are looking for is already in you. You already are everything you are seeking.
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In true love, there is no pride.
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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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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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As we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish peace and happiness in those we love.
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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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When we change our daily lives – the way we think, speak and act – we change the world.
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Today is the most important day of our lives.
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The Seven Factors of Awakening are mindfulness, investigation of phenomena, diligence, joy, ease, concentration, and letting go.
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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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Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.
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