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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. When you are born a lotus flower, be a beautiful lotus flower, don't try to be a magnolia flower. If you crave acceptance and recognition and try to change yourself to fit what other people want you to be, you will suffer all your life. True happiness and true power lie in understanding yourself, accepting yourself, having confidence in yourself.
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More Quotes by Thich Nhat Hanh (Thích Nhất Hạnh)
We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.
When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with our friends or family, we blame the other person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will grow well, like the lettuce. Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and arguments. That is my experience. No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding.
The moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting others.
No one is more worthy of your kindness and compassion than you are.
In the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change.
Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
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.
Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. Whenever your mind becomes scattered, use your breath as the means to take hold of your mind again.
You do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.
When we give ourselves the chance to let go of all our tension, the body's natural capacity to heal itself can begin to work.
