Be part of the miraculous moment.
THICH NHAT HANHBe Yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle. Just Be.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.
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Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future.
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Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
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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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You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.
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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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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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If love is in our hearts, every thought, word, and deed can bring about a miracle. Because understanding is the very foundation of love, words and actions that emerge from our love are always helpful.
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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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Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and 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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When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending.
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Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.
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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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We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.
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