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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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When we enter the present moment deeply, our regrets and sorrows disappear, and we discover life with all its wonders.
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The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.
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The essence of nonviolence is love. Out of love and the willingness to act selflessly, strategies, tactics, and techniques for a nonviolent struggle arise naturally. Nonviolence is not a dogma it is a process.
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There are many levels of Christianity. There are many notions about God. To believe that God is a person is just one of the notions of God that you can find in Christianity. So, we should not say that there is one Christianity. There are many Christianities.
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It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not.
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Once you develop the practice of smiling, you may not need a reminder. You will smile as soon as you hear a bird singing or see the sunlight streaming through the window.
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You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
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You cannot transmit wisdom and insight to another person. The seed is already there. A good teacher touches the seed, allowing it to wake up, to sprout, and to grow.
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When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?
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Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.
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An oak tree is an oak tree. That is all it has to do. If an oak tree is less than an oak tree, then we are all in trouble.
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