You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
THICH NHAT HANHAs long as you find something beautiful, good, and true to believe in and abide by, you have the equivalent of God in your life.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.
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We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we’ll also have a lot more joy in living.
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Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
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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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Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
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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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Real love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions.
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In true love, there is no pride.
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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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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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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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We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
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Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it.
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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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