People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
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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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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Because you are alive, everything is possible.
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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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As we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish peace and happiness in those we love.
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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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You do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.
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The desire to be a free person is very worthwhile. To be free means you are no longer the victim of fear, anger, craving, or suspicion.
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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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Every word, every look, every action, and every smile can bring happiness to others.
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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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You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.
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Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
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We have to walk in a way that we only print peace and serenity on the Earth. Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.
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The way must be in you; the destination also must be in you and not somewhere else in space or time. If that kind of self-transformation is being realized in you, you will arrive.
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Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.
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