Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
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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We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself.
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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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You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
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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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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it.
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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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My actions are my only true belongings.
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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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Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.
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There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.
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Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
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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.
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In the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change.
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Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.
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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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If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.
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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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You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.
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Silence is something that comes from your heart, not from outside. Silence doesn’t mean not talking and not doing things; it means that you are not disturbed inside. If you’re truly silent, then no matter what situation you find yourself in you can enjoy the silence.
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What you are looking for is already in you. You already are everything you are seeking.
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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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Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others will be possible.
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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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Every word, every look, every action, and every smile can bring happiness to others.
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