If you think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive.
THICH NHAT HANHWhen we change our daily lives – the way we think, speak and act – we change the world.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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Silence is something that comes from your heart, not from outside. Silence doesn’t mean not talking and not doing things; it means that you are not disturbed inside. If you’re truly silent, then no matter what situation you find yourself in you can enjoy the silence.
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In true love, you attain freedom.
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Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
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Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others will be possible.
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Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
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Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.
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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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Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
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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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Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.
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Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future.
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I have arrived. I am home. My destination is in each step.
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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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The moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting others.
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Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos – the trees, the clouds, everything.
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In true love, there is no pride.
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Be angry, it’s okay. To be angry, that is very human. And to learn how to smile at your anger and make peace with your anger is very nice.
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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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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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Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.
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Real love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions.
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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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We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.
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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 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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Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.
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