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.
THICH NHAT HANHWe have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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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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The moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting others.
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You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
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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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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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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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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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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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Be part of the miraculous moment.
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Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it.
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What you are looking for is already in you. You already are everything you are seeking.
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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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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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Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos – the trees, the clouds, everything.
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Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.
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In true love, you attain freedom.
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People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?
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We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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Silence is something that comes from your heart, not from outside. Silence doesn’t mean not talking and not doing things; it means that you are not disturbed inside. If you’re truly silent, then no matter what situation you find yourself in you can enjoy the silence.
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Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself.
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Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.
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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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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.
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My actions are my only true belongings.
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