The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
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 source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding.
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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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We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.
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In true love, you attain freedom.
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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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When we change our daily lives – the way we think, speak and act – we change the world.
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Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
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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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People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena.
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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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Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
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Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos – the trees, the clouds, everything.
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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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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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If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.
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