Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos – the trees, the clouds, everything.
THICH NHAT HANHIn the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.
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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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You cannot transmit wisdom and insight to another person. The seed is already there. A good teacher touches the seed, allowing it to wake up, to sprout, and to grow.
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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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Many people think excitement is happiness. But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.
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You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
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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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In true love, there is no pride.
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To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
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Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
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As long as you find something beautiful, good, and true to believe in and abide by, you have the equivalent of God in your life.
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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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My actions are my only true belongings.
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What you are looking for is already in you. You already are everything you are seeking.
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The Seven Factors of Awakening are mindfulness, investigation of phenomena, diligence, joy, ease, concentration, and letting go.
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In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
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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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You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.
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At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it.
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Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
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Choose to be in touch with what is wonderful, refreshing, and healing within yourself and around you.
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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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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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I have arrived. I am home. My destination is in each step.
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We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we’ll also have a lot more joy in living.
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Only the present moment contains life.
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