Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
THICH NHAT HANHLive your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos – the trees, the clouds, everything.
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To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
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Choose to be in touch with what is wonderful, refreshing, and healing within yourself and around you.
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Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others will be possible.
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Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it.
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Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.
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I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.
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Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.
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Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
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The Seven Factors of Awakening are mindfulness, investigation of phenomena, diligence, joy, ease, concentration, and letting go.
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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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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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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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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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Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself.
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A true partner or friend is one who encourages you to look deep inside yourself for the beauty and love you’ve been seeking.
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Every word, every look, every action, and every smile can bring happiness to others.
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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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In the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change.
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Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future.
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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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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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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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The moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting others.
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The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
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