My actions are my only true belongings.
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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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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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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Because you are alive, everything is possible.
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Your presence is a miracle.
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We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we’ll also have a lot more joy in living.
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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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If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.
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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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Be part of the miraculous moment.
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Sometimes when I am alone in my room in the dark, I practice smiling to myself. I do this to be kind to myself, to take good care of myself, to love myself. I know that if I cannot take care of myself, I cannot take care of anyone else.
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We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.
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Only the present moment contains 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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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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To be loved means to be recognized as existing.
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