To be loved means to be recognized as existing.
THICH NHAT HANHFeelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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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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Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.
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Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
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The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.
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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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In the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change.
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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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Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.
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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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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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Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
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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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As we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish peace and happiness in those we love.
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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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It is possible to live twenty-four hours a day in a state of love. Every movement, every glance, every thought, and every word can be infused with love.
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