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.
THICH NHAT HANHIf you think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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Only the present moment contains life.
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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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Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future.
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Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.
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We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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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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Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
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Be angry, it’s okay. To be angry, that is very human. And to learn how to smile at your anger and make peace with your anger is very nice.
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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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As we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish peace and happiness in those we love.
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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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Because you are alive, everything is possible.
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