In the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change.
THICH NHAT HANHEnlightenment 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.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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Today is the most important day of our lives.
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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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Smile, breathe and go slowly.
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The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.
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Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
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What you are looking for is already in you. You already are everything you are seeking.
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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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Choose to be in touch with what is wonderful, refreshing, and healing within yourself and around you.
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As long as you find something beautiful, good, and true to believe in and abide by, you have the equivalent of God in your life.
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You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
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Because you are alive, everything is possible.
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When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?
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Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.
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In true love, there is no pride.
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Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
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Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.
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Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.
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Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others will be possible.
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Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself.
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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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Real love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions.
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If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.
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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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Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.
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If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.
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