Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.
THICH NHAT HANHThe source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.
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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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Every word, every look, every action, and every smile can bring happiness to others.
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Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.
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The moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting others.
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Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
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People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena.
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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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As we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish peace and happiness in those we love.
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When we change our daily lives – the way we think, speak and act – we change the world.
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We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.
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Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos – the trees, the clouds, everything.
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Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others will be possible.
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Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.
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