We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don’t allow our bodies to heal, and we don’t allow our minds and hearts to heal.
THICH NHAT HANHThe 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.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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When you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
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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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We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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What you are looking for is already in you. You already are everything you are seeking.
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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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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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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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If you think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive.
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Smile, breathe and go slowly.
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Because you are alive, everything is possible.
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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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The greatest of all miracles is to be 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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There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.
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We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we’ll also have a lot more joy in living.
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