Enlightenment 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.
THICH NHAT HANHNonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
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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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Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.
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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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My actions are my only true belongings.
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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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In true love, you attain freedom.
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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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There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.
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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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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.
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Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future.
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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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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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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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