Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others will be possible.
THICH NHAT HANHHuman 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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When you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
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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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Your presence is a miracle.
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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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Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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It is possible to live twenty-four hours a day in a state of love. Every movement, every glance, every thought, and every word can be infused with love.
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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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People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
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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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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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Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.
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In true love, you attain freedom.
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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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If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.
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