As we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish peace and happiness in those we love.
THICH NHAT HANHThe most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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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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We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that is available.
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Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.
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If love is in our hearts, every thought, word, and deed can bring about a miracle. Because understanding is the very foundation of love, words and actions that emerge from our love are always helpful.
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Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.
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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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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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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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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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In true love, you attain freedom.
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Only the present moment contains life.
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The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.
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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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As long as you find something beautiful, good, and true to believe in and abide by, you have the equivalent of God in your life.
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