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Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself.

Thich Nhat Hanh

When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?
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Couple Deep Love Presence Relationship
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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Alone Darkness Kindness Love Myself Practice Smile Take Care
Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
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Break Up Failure Lack Suffering Understand Yourself
At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it.
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Away Choice Further Lead Moments Spirit
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.
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Air Inspirational Mind Need Plant Silence
The way must be in you; the destination also must be in you and not somewhere else in space or time. If that kind of self-transformation is being realized in you, you will arrive.
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Arrive Destination Realize Space Time Transformation
People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena.
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People Phenomena Reality
Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
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Anchor Breathe Clouds Conscious Feeling Inspirational Sky Wind
Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.
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Believe Difficult Future Hope Important Moments Present
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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Brand Compassion Entrepreneur Live Moments Morning Smile
There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.
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Happiness Inspirational Positive
The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
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Amount Depend Freedom Happiness Heart Positive
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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Angry Breathe Conscious Feeling Focus Rise Storm
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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Come Comfortable Disturb Enjoyment Heart Outside Silence Situation
Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.
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Business Knowledge Throw Understand
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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Contribute Help Movement Peace People Smile

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