You do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.
THICH NHAT HANHHappiness is available. Please help yourself to it.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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In true love, there is no pride.
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Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
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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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Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.
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We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that is available.
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We have to walk in a way that we only print peace and serenity on the Earth. Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.
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As long as you find something beautiful, good, and true to believe in and abide by, you have the equivalent of God in your life.
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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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If you think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive.
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Go back and take care of yourself. Your body needs you, your feelings need you, your perceptions need you. Your suffering needs you to acknowledge it. Go home and be there for all these things.
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Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.
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The desire to be a free person is very worthwhile. To be free means you are no longer the victim of fear, anger, craving, or suspicion.
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Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
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When we change our daily lives – the way we think, speak and act – we change the world.
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