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You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.

Nhat Hanh

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In order to heal others, we first need to heal ourselves. And to heal ourselves, we need to know how to deal with ourselves.
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Our appointment with life is in the present moment. If we do not have peace and joy right now, when will we have peace and joy?
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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.
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We have a lamp inside us. The oil of that lamp is our breathing, our steps, and our peaceful smile. Our practice is to light up the lamp.
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When you love someone, the best you can offer is your presence.
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Look deeply I arrive in every second to be a bud on a spring branch ... to be a jewel hiding itself in a stone.
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The Seven Factors of Awakening are mindfulness, investigation of phenomena, diligence, joy, ease, concentration, and letting go.
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If love is in our hearts, every thought, word, and deed can bring about a miracle. Because understanding is the very foundation of love, words and actions that emerge from our love are always helpful.
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No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding. If you understand, and you show that you understand, you can love, and the situation will change.
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Often, we feel that we need a leader outside of ourselves -a Buddha, a Gandhi, or a Martin Luther King, Jr.- to show the way. But we have the Buddha inside of us. We have Gandhi and King inside of us as well. We are interconnected. We don't need to wait for some other person to be the change we want to see in the world
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If you have not suffered hunger, you do not appreciate having something to eat. If you have not gone through a war, you don't know the value of peace. That is why we should not try to run away from one thing after another thing. Holding our suffering, looking deeply into it, we find a way to happiness.
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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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The only answer to fear is more understanding. And there is no understanding if there is no effort to look more deeply to see what is there in our heart and in the heart of the other person.
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Be part of the miraculous moment.
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At the moment of waking up, before getting out of bed, get in touch with your breath
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You can only recognize your happiness against the background of suffering.
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To love our enemy is impossible. The moment we understand our enemy, we feel compassion towards him/her, and he/she is no longer our enemy.
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Mindfulness must be engaged. Once there is seeing, there must be acting. Otherwise, what's the use of seeing?
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The moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting others.
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If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.
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