A true partner or friend is one who encourages you to look deep inside yourself for the beauty and love you’ve been seeking.
THICH NHAT HANHAttachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.
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When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?
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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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My actions are my only true belongings.
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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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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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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 do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.
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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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We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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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.
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When you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
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Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.
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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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