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.
THICH NHAT HANHAt any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
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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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Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
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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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Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
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At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it.
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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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Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself.
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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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Choose to be in touch with what is wonderful, refreshing, and healing within yourself and around you.
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There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.
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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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When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending.
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My actions are my only true belongings.
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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.
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