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More Quotes by Thich Nhat Hanh (Thích Nhất Hạnh)
You do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.
At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it.
Many of us have been running all our lives. Practice stopping.
Some people live as though they are already dead. There are people moving around us who are consumed by their past, terrified of their future, and stuck in their anger and jealousy. They are not alive; they are just walking corpses.
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.
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.
Today is the most important day of our lives.
Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.
We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.
Be Yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle. Just Be.