If you think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive.
THICH NHAT HANHSometimes 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.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
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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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People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena.
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If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.
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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 have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it.
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Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future.
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My actions are my only true belongings.
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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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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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Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.
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You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.
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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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In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
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