Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself.
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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If you think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive.
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Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it.
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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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Smile, breathe and go slowly.
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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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Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.
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Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
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Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
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The moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting 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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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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The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.
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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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Choose to be in touch with what is wonderful, refreshing, and healing within yourself and around you.
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In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
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The Seven Factors of Awakening are mindfulness, investigation of phenomena, diligence, joy, ease, concentration, and letting go.
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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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The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
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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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Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.
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If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.
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Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.
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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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Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
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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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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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