Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
THICH NHAT HANHThe amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
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When you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
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Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
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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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It is possible to live twenty-four hours a day in a state of love. Every movement, every glance, every thought, and every word can be infused with love.
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You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.
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Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.
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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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Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
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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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The quality of our life depends on the quality of the seeds that lie deep in our consciousness.
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Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.
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We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.
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Silence is something that comes from your heart, not from outside. Silence doesn’t mean not talking and not doing things; it means that you are not disturbed inside. If you’re truly silent, then no matter what situation you find yourself in you can enjoy the silence.
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Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
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