If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.
THICH NHAT HANHA true partner or friend is one who encourages you to look deep inside yourself for the beauty and love you’ve been seeking.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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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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Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
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Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.
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Mindful time spent with the person we love is the fullest expression of true love and real generosity.
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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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Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.
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Because you are alive, everything is possible.
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In true love, there is no pride.
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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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Real love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions.
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Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it.
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Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future.
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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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Today is the most important day of our lives.
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People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
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Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.
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Be Yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle. Just Be.
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We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don’t allow our bodies to heal, and we don’t allow our minds and hearts to heal.
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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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It is possible to live twenty-four hours a day in a state of love. Every movement, every glance, every thought, and every word can be infused with love.
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What you are looking for is already in you. You already are everything you are seeking.
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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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Only the present moment contains life.
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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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People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena.
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