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.
THICH NHAT HANHFear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
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When we change our daily lives – the way we think, speak and act – we change the world.
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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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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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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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The moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting others.
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If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.
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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 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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Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
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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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Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
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Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
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For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.
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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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