Silence is something that comes from your heart, not from outside. Silence doesn’t mean not talking and not doing things; it means that you are not disturbed inside. If you’re truly silent, then no matter what situation you find yourself in you can enjoy the silence.
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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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.
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If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.
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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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Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.
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The quality of our life depends on the quality of the seeds that lie deep in our consciousness.
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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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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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Every word, every look, every action, and every smile can bring happiness to others.
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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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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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Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos – the trees, the clouds, everything.
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You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.
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We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.
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Only the present moment contains life.
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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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