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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Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.
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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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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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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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When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?
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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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A true partner or friend is one who encourages you to look deep inside yourself for the beauty and love you’ve been seeking.
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What you are looking for is already in you. You already are everything you are seeking.
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You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.
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There is a time for everything. There is a time when I sit down, I concentrate myself on the problem of my bills, but I would not worry before that. One thing at a time.
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Your presence is a miracle.
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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
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Every word, every look, every action, and every smile can bring happiness to others.
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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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Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
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In true love, there is no pride.
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Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.
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Without being peace, we cannot do anything for peace. If we cannot smile, we cannot help other people to smile. If we are not peaceful, then we cannot contribute to the peace movement.
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Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
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Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
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Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future.
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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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My actions are my only true belongings.
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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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We have to walk in a way that we only print peace and serenity on the Earth. Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.
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