Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
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 learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
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Every word, every look, every action, and every smile can bring happiness to others.
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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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The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
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The moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting others.
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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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We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we’ll also have a lot more joy in living.
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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.
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Today is the most important day of our lives.
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My actions are my only true belongings.
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Your presence is a miracle.
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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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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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I have arrived. I am home. My destination is in each step.
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