In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
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.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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Be part of the miraculous moment.
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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 you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?
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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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You do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.
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Your presence is a miracle.
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To be loved means to be recognized as existing.
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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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Go back and take care of yourself. Your body needs you, your feelings need you, your perceptions need you. Your suffering needs you to acknowledge it. Go home and be there for all these things.
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Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
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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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Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others will be possible.
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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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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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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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