We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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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I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.
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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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Real love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions.
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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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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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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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Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.
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Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive – that you can touch the miracle of being alive – then that is a kind of enlightenment.
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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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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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Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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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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Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.
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Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.
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