To be loved means to be recognized as existing.
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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Choose to be in touch with what is wonderful, refreshing, and healing within yourself and around you.
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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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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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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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Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
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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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If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.
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Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future.
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Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive – that you can touch the miracle of being alive – then that is a kind of enlightenment.
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The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
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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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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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At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it.
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Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.
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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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