People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena.
THICH NHAT HANHMindful time spent with the person we love is the fullest expression of true love and real generosity.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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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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Because you are alive, everything is possible.
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In the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change.
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Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
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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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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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To be loved means to be recognized as existing.
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If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.
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To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
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There is the mud, and there is the lotus that grows out of the mud. We need the mud in order to make the lotus.
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Your presence is a miracle.
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Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
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Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself.
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Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.
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