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.
THICH NHAT HANHHappiness is available. Please help yourself to it.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
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Be part of the miraculous moment.
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There is a time for everything. There is a time when I sit down, I concentrate myself on the problem of my bills, but I would not worry before that. One thing at a time.
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Because you are alive, everything is possible.
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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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Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
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You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
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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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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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Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
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If love is in our hearts, every thought, word, and deed can bring about a miracle. Because understanding is the very foundation of love, words and actions that emerge from our love are always helpful.
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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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Real love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions.
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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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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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Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.
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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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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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Be Yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle. Just Be.
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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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The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
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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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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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Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.
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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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