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.
THICH NHAT HANHYou must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending.
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Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.
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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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In the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change.
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Human beings are not our enemy. Our enemy is not the other person. Our enemy is the violence, ignorance, and injustice in us and in the other person.
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The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.
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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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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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You do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.
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Only the present moment contains life.
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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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In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
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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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Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.
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Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
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