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Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes

"Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy, and serenity.""To live in the present moment is a miracle.""When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?""The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.""Touching the present moment, we realize that the present is made of the past and is creating the future.""My actions are my only true belongings.""The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.""The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion.""Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.""You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.""At any moment, you have a choice that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it.""Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed.""If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.""There is no enlightenment outside of daily life.""Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.""To meditate means to go home to yourself. Then you know how to care for the things that are happening inside you, and you know how to care for the things happening around you.""We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.""Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves – slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.""When we enter a peer relationship, we enter a place where we are very fragile.""The source of love is deep in us and we can help others realize a lot of happiness. One word, one action, one thought can reduce another person's suffering and bring that person joy."