Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor. ― Thich Nhat Hang

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Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet. ― Thich Nhat Hanh

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Take a good look at your life right now. If you don't like something about it, close your eyes and imagine the life you want. Now allow yourself to focus your inner eye on the person you would be if you were living this preferred life. Notice the differences in how you behave and present yourself; allow yourself to spend several seconds breathing in the new image, expanding your energy into this. - Marianne Williamson

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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. ― Thich Nhat Hanh

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Time is rhythm: the insect rhythm of a warm humid night, brain ripple, breathing, the drum in my temple—these are our faithful timekeepers; and reason corrects the feverish beat.

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If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love. ― Thich Nhat Hanh

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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. ― Thich Nhat Hanh

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The light of love, the purity of grace, The mind, the Music breathing from her face, The heart whose softness harmonised the whole — And, oh! that eye was in itself a Soul!

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I'm convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they're stones that don't matter. As long as you're breathing, it's never too late to do some good. -Maya Angelou

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You can't act on an empty stomach, because you're breathing's all wrong.

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