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Wisdom is a living stream, not an icon to be preserved in a museum. Only when a practitioner finds the spring of wisdom in his or her own life can it flow to a future generation

Nhat Hanh

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Our notions about happiness entrap us. We forget that they are just ideas. Our idea of happiness can prevent us from actually being happy. We fail to see the opportunity for joy that is right in front of us when we are caught in a belief that happiness should take a particular form.
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Understanding and Love are not two separate things, but just one. To develop understanding, you have to practice looking at all living beings with the eyes of compassion. When you understand, you cannot help but love. And when you love, you naturally act in a way that can relieve the suffering of people.
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In true love, you attain freedom.
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Guarding knowledge is not a good way to understand. Understanding means to throw away your knowledge.
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The source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding.
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Due to attachment, anger, and foolishness, I have committed numberless mistakes in speech, deed and thought. I bow my head and repent. I vow from today to begin anew, to live day and night in mindfulness, and not to repeat my previous mistakes.
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I hold my face in my two hands. No, I am not crying. I hold my face in my two hands to keep the loneliness warm - two hands protecting, two hands nourishing, two hands preventing my soul from leaving me in anger.
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Until there is peace between religions, there can be no peace in the world.
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The only way to ease our fear and be truly happy is to acknowledge our fear and look deeply at its source. Instead of trying to escape from our fear, we can invite it up to our awareness and look at it clearly and deeply.
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We will not just say, I love him very much, but instead, I will do something so that he will suffer less. The mind of compassion is truly present when it is effective in removing another person's suffering.
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To take care of the environment, we must first take care of the environmentalist.
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May all beings learn how to nourish themselves with joy each day.
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The fact is that when you make the other suffer, he will try to find relief by making you suffer more. The result is an escalation of suffering on both sides.
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Freedom from suffering is a great happiness.
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Each time you take a mindful step you are back in the arms of Mother Earth and are reminded of your true sweet home in the here and now.
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Know that life can only be found in the present moment.
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I am determined to practice deep listening. I am determined to practice loving speech.
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The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.
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Be peace, don't just talk about it.
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To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.
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