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When you begin to see that your enemy is suffering, that is the beginning of insight.
Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity.
Those who are without compassion cannot see what is seen with the eyes of compassion.
I am determined to practice deep listening. I am determined to practice loving speech.
By listening with calm and understanding, we can ease the suffering of another person.
When we change our daily lives - the way we think, speak and act - we change the world.
I don't have to hate any person because I can always start anew, I can always reconcile.
There's no way I can be tossed around like a bottle slapped here and there on the waves.
Breathing in, there is only the present moment. Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment.
What you are looking for is already in you...You already are everything you are seeking.
Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.
Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.
If you abandon the present moment, you cannot live the moments of your daily life deeply.
We need to move beyond the idea of 'environment' and fall back in love with Mother Earth.
Don't think you have to be solemn to meditate. To meditate, well, you have to smile a lot.
The moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting others.
When you drop bombs on the enemy, you drop those same bombs on yourself, your own country.
The heart of the matter is always our oneness with divine spirit, our union with all life.
Follow your breathing, dwell mindfully on your steps, and soon you will find your balance.
For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.
Knowing that anger makes me ugly, I smile instead. I return to myself and meditate on love.
Transformations is the word. We can do the work of transformation only in the present moment
If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.
The true miracle is not walking on water or walking in air, but simply walking on this earth.
If you suffer and make your loved ones suffer, there is nothing that can justify your desire.
The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
Preventing war is much better than protesting against the war. Protesting the war is too late.
The present moment is the only moment available to us and it is the door to all other moments.
Every step taken in mindfulness brings us one step closer to healing ourselves and the planet.
The quality of our life depends on the quality of the seeds that lie deep in our consciousness.
We inter-breath with the rain forests, we drink from the oceans. They are part of our own body.
Wisdom and joy arise when you learn to exist now rather than in the nonexistent past or future.
Fearlessness is not only possible, it is the ultimate joy. When you touch nonfear, you are free.
To be or not to be is not the question. The question is whether you can transcend these notions.
The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. (21)
The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.
In English we say 'we are' but it's proper to say 'we are becoming' because things are becoming.
Let us fill our hearts with our own compassion - towards ourselves and towards all living beings.
You would not cry if you knew that by looking deeply into the rain you would still see the cloud.
Smile, breathe and go slowly." - Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen monk, author and peace activist.
Every morning, when we wake up, we have twenty-four brand-new hours to live. What a precious gift!
Shallow understanding accompanies poor compassion; great understanding goes with great compassion.
Listening to and understanding our inner sufferings will resolve most of the problems we encounter.
Real love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions.
Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.
Each moment you are alive is a gem. It needs you to breathe gently for the miracles to be displayed.
To reconcile conflicting parties, we must have the ability to understand the suffering of both sides.
Guarding knowledge is not a good way to understand. Understanding means to throw away your knowledge.
Choose to be in touch with what is wonderful, refreshing, and healing within yourself and around you.
Contemplating the bowl, it is possible to see the interdependent elements which give rise to the bowl.