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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At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it.
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My actions are my only true belongings.
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Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
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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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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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We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we’ll also have a lot more joy in living.
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Be part of the miraculous moment.
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Without being peace, we cannot do anything for peace. If we cannot smile, we cannot help other people to smile. If we are not peaceful, then we cannot contribute to the peace movement.
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We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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The desire to be a free person is very worthwhile. To be free means you are no longer the victim of fear, anger, craving, or suspicion.
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Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.
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Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
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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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When we change our daily lives – the way we think, speak and act – we change the world.
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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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