There is a time for everything. There is a time when I sit down, I concentrate myself on the problem of my bills, but I would not worry before that. One thing at a time.
THICH NHAT HANHWe are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.
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At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it.
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The source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding.
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Only the present moment contains life.
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Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.
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Today is the most important day of our lives.
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You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.
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Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
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Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
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A true partner or friend is one who encourages you to look deep inside yourself for the beauty and love you’ve been seeking.
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For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.
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To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
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People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don’t suffer anymore.
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Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
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Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it.
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In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
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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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Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
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Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.
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Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
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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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We have to walk in a way that we only print peace and serenity on the Earth. Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.
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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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Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos – the trees, the clouds, everything.
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We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.
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To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.
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