Nhat Hanh (Vietnamese: Nhất Hạnh; pronounced listen
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“Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
“People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong...Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?”
“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.”
“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.”
“If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.”
“I would not look upon anger as something foreign to me that I have to fight...I have to deal with my anger with care, with love, with tenderness, with nonviolence.”
“Smile, breathe and go slowly”
“The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive.”
“When we come into contact with the other person, our thoughts and actions should express our mind of compassion, even if that person says and does things that are not easy to accept. We practice in this way until we see clearly that our love is not contingent upon the other person being lovable.”
“The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.”