Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.
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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Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.
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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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Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.
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Sometimes when I am alone in my room in the dark, I practice smiling to myself. I do this to be kind to myself, to take good care of myself, to love myself. I know that if I cannot take care of myself, I cannot take care of anyone else.
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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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Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.
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Go back and take care of yourself. Your body needs you, your feelings need you, your perceptions need you. Your suffering needs you to acknowledge it. Go home and be there for all these things.
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You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
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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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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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The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
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Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others will be possible.
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Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
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Be part of the miraculous moment.
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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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Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it.
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Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself.
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The desire to be a free person is very worthwhile. To be free means you are no longer the victim of fear, anger, craving, or suspicion.
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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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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.
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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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I have arrived. I am home. My destination is in each step.
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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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Smile, breathe and go slowly.
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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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