If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.
THICH NHAT HANHWhen you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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The Seven Factors of Awakening are mindfulness, investigation of phenomena, diligence, joy, ease, concentration, and letting go.
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The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.
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Only the present moment contains life.
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We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.
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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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To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
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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.
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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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Choose to be in touch with what is wonderful, refreshing, and healing within yourself and around you.
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Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
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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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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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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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