When you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
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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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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You do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.
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Be angry, it’s okay. To be angry, that is very human. And to learn how to smile at your anger and make peace with your anger is very nice.
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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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Real love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions.
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Every word, every look, every action, and every smile can bring happiness to others.
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You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.
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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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People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?
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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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Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.
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The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.
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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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Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
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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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