When you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
THICH NHAT HANHHappiness is available. Please help yourself to it.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
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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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You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
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Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future.
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Many people think excitement is happiness. But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.
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Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it.
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Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.
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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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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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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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Today is the most important day of our lives.
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People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
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My actions are my only true belongings.
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