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.
THICH NHAT HANHYou do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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Your presence is a miracle.
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Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.
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At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it.
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There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.
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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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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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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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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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Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future.
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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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I have arrived. I am home. My destination is in each step.
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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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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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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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