Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
THICH NHAT HANHMeditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena.
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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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As we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish peace and happiness in those we love.
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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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The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.
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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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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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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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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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Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.
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Only the present moment contains life.
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Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
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Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.
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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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Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.
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