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.
THICH NHAT HANHIf you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.
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Go back and take care of yourself. Your body needs you, your feelings need you, your perceptions need you. Your suffering needs you to acknowledge it. Go home and be there for all these things.
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Every word, every look, every action, and every smile can bring happiness to others.
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To be loved means to be recognized as existing.
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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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What you are looking for is already in you. You already are everything you are seeking.
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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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Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.
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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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You do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.
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Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
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We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that is available.
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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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We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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