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“When you have a stomach ache you don't tell your stomach to go away.”

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Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese-French monk, writer, and peace activist. Born on October 11, 1926, he is a prominent figure in the Zen Buddhist tradition, known for his simple yet profound teachings and advocacy for peace. more

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“Harm no person, animal, plant or mineral.”

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“A bodhisattva is someone who has compassion within himself or herself and who is able to make another person smile or help someone suffer less. Every one of us is capable of this.”

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Book:Be Free Where You Are: A Talk Given at the Maryland Correctional Institute: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition

Source: Be Free Where You Are: A Talk Given at the Maryland Correctional Institute: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition

“People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena. To see one in all and all in one is to break through the great barrier which narrows one's perception of reality.”

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Source: Collected Wheel Publications Volume XVI: Numbers 231–247

“If you are a poet, you will see clearly that there is a cloud floating in this sheet of paper? ?To be? is to inter-be. We cannot just be by ourselves alone. We have to inter-be with every other thing. This sheet of paper is, because everything else is.”

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“Hatred and fear blind us. We no longer see each other. We see only the faces of monsters, and that gives us the courage to destroy each other.”

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Book:Love in Action: Writings on Nonviolent Social Change

Source: Love in Action: Writings on Nonviolent Social Change

“To educate people for peace, we can use words or we can speak with our lives.”

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Source: Love in Action: Writings on Nonviolent Social Change

“Wisdom and joy arise when you learn to exist now rather than in the nonexistent past or future.”

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“The joy of life is born of concentration. When you are having a cup of tea, the value of that experience depends on your concentration. You have to drink the tea with 100 percent of your concentration.”

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Book:You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment

Source: You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment

“We need enlightenment, not just individually but collectively, to save the planet.”

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“Artists have to show us what is not going well within the person and within the society, not try to cover it up.”

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