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.
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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There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.
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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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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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The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.
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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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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.
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There is the mud, and there is the lotus that grows out of the mud. We need the mud in order to make the lotus.
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Only the present moment contains life.
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People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
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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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Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself.
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People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena.
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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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Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.
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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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If you think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive.
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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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Real love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions.
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What you are looking for is already in you. You already are everything you are seeking.
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We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that is available.
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Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.
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In true love, you attain freedom.
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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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Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.
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Because you are alive, everything is possible.
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