Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.
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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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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The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.
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As long as you find something beautiful, good, and true to believe in and abide by, you have the equivalent of God in your life.
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I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.
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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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There is a time for everything. There is a time when I sit down, I concentrate myself on the problem of my bills, but I would not worry before that. One thing at a time.
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The way you speak to others can offer them joy, happiness, self-confidence, hope, trust, and enlightenment. Mindful speaking is a deep practice.
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Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.
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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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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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The source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding.
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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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Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
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Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.
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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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Because you are alive, everything is possible.
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To be loved means to be recognized as existing.
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Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
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If you think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive.
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Many people think excitement is happiness. But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.
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Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.
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Today is the most important day of our lives.
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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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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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The moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting others.
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Your presence is a miracle.
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