The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.
THICH NHAT HANHSeek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others will be possible.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.
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Be angry, it’s okay. To be angry, that is very human. And to learn how to smile at your anger and make peace with your anger is very nice.
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Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.
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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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Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.
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The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.
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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others will be possible.
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Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.
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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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People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?
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As long as you find something beautiful, good, and true to believe in and abide by, you have the equivalent of God in your life.
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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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Choose to be in touch with what is wonderful, refreshing, and healing within yourself and around you.
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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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