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 HANHWe are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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Your presence is a miracle.
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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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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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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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You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.
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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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Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
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Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.
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Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself.
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Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
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The way you speak to others can offer them joy, happiness, self-confidence, hope, trust, and enlightenment. Mindful speaking is a deep practice.
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You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
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Smile, breathe and go slowly.
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I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.
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Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.
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