As we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish peace and happiness in those we love.
THICH NHAT HANHWaking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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Human 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.
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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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Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future.
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Every word, every look, every action, and every smile can bring happiness to others.
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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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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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The quality of our life depends on the quality of the seeds that lie deep in our consciousness.
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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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We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don’t allow our bodies to heal, and we don’t allow our minds and hearts to heal.
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Today is the most important day of our lives.
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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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Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.
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In true love, there is no pride.
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Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
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