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.
THICH NHAT HANHIt 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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Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
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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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People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don’t suffer anymore.
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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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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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Only the present moment contains life.
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Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
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Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.
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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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Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.
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Today is the most important day of our lives.
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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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Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself.
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In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
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Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future.
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