You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
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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The three kinds of pride are: thinking I am better than the others; thinking I am worse than the others; and thinking I am just as good as the others.
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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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If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.
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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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To be loved means to be recognized as existing.
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Today is the most important day of our lives.
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Only the present moment contains life.
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Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.
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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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The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.
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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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In the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change.
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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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To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.
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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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