Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
THICH NHAT HANHLife is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.
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People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don’t suffer anymore.
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Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
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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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To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.
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Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.
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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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Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.
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At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it.
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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.
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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.
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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 cannot transmit wisdom and insight to another person. The seed is already there. A good teacher touches the seed, allowing it to wake up, to sprout, and to grow.
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Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
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When you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
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