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" Many Communist government officials have a rigid, dictatorial power, but they live in constant suspicion and fear of anything that might undermine the power they have. "

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" We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don't allow our bodies to heal, and we don't allow our minds and hearts to heal. "

Nhat Hanh

Worry

Lost

Minds

" Nothing can be by itself alone, no one can be by himself or herself alone, everyone has to inter-be with every one else. That is why, when you look outside, around you, you can see yourself. "

" True self is non-self, the awareness that the self is made only of non-self elements. There's no separation between self and other, and everything is interconnected. "

" Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes. "

" Usually, people have a tendency to be caught in the worries concerning the future or in the regret concerning the past. There is some kind of energy that is pushing them to run, and they are not able to establish themselves in the present moment. "

" Happiness is the cessation of suffering. "

" Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. "

" With mindfulness, you can establish yourself in the present in order to touch the wonders of life that are available in that moment. "

" Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace. "

" Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature. "

" 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. "

" The purpose of a vacation is to have the time to rest. But many of us, even when we go on vacation, don't know how to rest. We may even come back more tired than before we left. "

Nhat Hanh

Rest

Purpose

" We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If we only think of ourselves, if we know only our own needs and ignore the needs of the other person, we cannot love. "

" When we give ourselves the chance to let go of all our tension, the body's natural capacity to heal itself can begin to work. "

Nhat Hanh

Natural

Let Go

" Many people are alive but don't touch the miracle of being alive. "

" Anyone who is practicing understanding and compassion can exemplify true power. Anyone can be a Buddha. "

" Science and mindfulness complement each other in helping people to eat well and maintain their health and well-being. "

" In Buddhist culture, offering food to the monk symbolizes the action of goodness, and if you have no opportunity to support the practice of spirituality, then you are somehow left in the realm of darkness. "

" Mindfulness practices enhance the connection between our body, our mind and everything else that is around us. Mindful living is the key to understanding our struggles with weight and to empowering us to control our weight. "

" To be a monk is to have time to practice for your transformation and healing. And after that to help with the transformation and healing of other people. "

" To meditate means to go home to yourself. Then you know how to take care of the things that are happening inside you, and you know how to take care of the things that happen around you. "

" Buddhism teaches us not to try to run away from suffering. You have to confront suffering. You have to look deeply into the nature of suffering in order to recognize its cause, the making of the suffering. "

" If we chew every morsel of our food, in that way we become grateful, and when you are grateful, you are happy. "

" We are looking for happiness and running after it in such a way that creates anger, fear and discrimination. So when you attend a retreat, you have a chance to look at the deep roots of this pollution of the collective energy that is unwholesome. "

" If every day you practice walking and sitting meditation and generate the energy of mindfulness and concentration and peace, you are a cell in the body of the new Buddha. This is not a dream but is possible today and tomorrow. "

" Everything we touch in our daily lives, including our body, is a miracle. By putting the kingdom of god in the right place, it shows us it is possible to live happily right here, right now. "

" When I became a novice monk, I lived in a temple where the atmosphere was quite like in a family. The abbot is like a father and other monks are like your big brothers, your small, younger brothers. It is a kind of family. "

" In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change. "

" I think Buddhism should open the door of psychology and healing to penetrate more easily into the Western world. "

" The real power of the Buddha was that he had so much love. He saw people trapped in their notions of small separate self, feeling guilty or proud of that self, and he offered revolutionary teachings that resounded like a lion's roar, like a great rising tide, helping people to wake up and break free from the prison of ignorance. "