Waking 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.
THICH NHAT HANHWhen 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.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself.
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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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Many people think excitement is happiness. But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.
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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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The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
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Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it.
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The moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting others.
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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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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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To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.
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In true love, there is no pride.
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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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You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.
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The way must be in you; the destination also must be in you and not somewhere else in space or time. If that kind of self-transformation is being realized in you, you will arrive.
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Today is the most important day of our lives.
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