You cannot transmit wisdom and insight to another person. The seed is already there. A good teacher touches the seed, allowing it to wake up, to sprout, and to grow.
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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Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
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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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Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
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Many people think excitement is happiness. But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.
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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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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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Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
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If love is in our hearts, every thought, word, and deed can bring about a miracle. Because understanding is the very foundation of love, words and actions that emerge from our love are always helpful.
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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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The desire to be a free person is very worthwhile. To be free means you are no longer the victim of fear, anger, craving, or suspicion.
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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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I have arrived. I am home. My destination is in each step.
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The quality of our life depends on the quality of the seeds that lie deep in our consciousness.
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Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.
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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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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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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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The Seven Factors of Awakening are mindfulness, investigation of phenomena, diligence, joy, ease, concentration, and letting go.
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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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When we change our daily lives – the way we think, speak and act – we change the world.
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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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We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we’ll also have a lot more joy in living.
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To be loved means to be recognized as existing.
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In true love, you attain freedom.
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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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Mindful time spent with the person we love is the fullest expression of true love and real generosity.
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