Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
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 Seven Factors of Awakening are mindfulness, investigation of phenomena, diligence, joy, ease, concentration, and letting go.
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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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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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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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Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
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The way you speak to others can offer them joy, happiness, self-confidence, hope, trust, and enlightenment. Mindful speaking is a deep practice.
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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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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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There is the mud, and there is the lotus that grows out of the mud. We need the mud in order to make the lotus.
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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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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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When you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
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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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Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.
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