You cannot transmit wisdom and insight to another person. The seed is already there. A good teacher touches the seed, allowing it to wake up, to sprout, and to grow.
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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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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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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For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.
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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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Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.
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Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others will be possible.
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In true love, you attain freedom.
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As we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish peace and happiness in those we love.
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We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.
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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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My actions are my only true belongings.
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Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.
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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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