Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
THICH NHAT HANHPeople 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?
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.
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Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
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Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.
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Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.
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Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.
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In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
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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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You do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.
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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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You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
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Every word, every look, every action, and every smile can bring happiness to others.
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If you think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive.
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We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don’t suffer anymore.
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