Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.
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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Real love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions.
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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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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 moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting others.
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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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In the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change.
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Only the present moment contains life.
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Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.
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We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.
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Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself.
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The three kinds of pride are: thinking I am better than the others; thinking I am worse than the others; and thinking I am just as good as the others.
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Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future.
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In true love, there is no pride.
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Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
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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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Choose to be in touch with what is wonderful, refreshing, and healing within yourself and around you.
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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
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To be loved means to be recognized as existing.
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Mindful time spent with the person we love is the fullest expression of true love and real generosity.
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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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If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.
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If love is in our hearts, every thought, word, and deed can bring about a miracle. Because understanding is the very foundation of love, words and actions that emerge from our love are always helpful.
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I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.
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The quality of our life depends on the quality of the seeds that lie deep in our consciousness.
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