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“The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.”

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Nhat Hanh

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

“But when he thought to complain about the burden of its weight, he remembered that, because he had the jacket, he had withstood the cold of the dawn. We have to be prepared for change, he thought, and he was grateful for the jacket's weight and warmth. The jacket had a purpose, and so did the boy.”

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Book:The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition

Source: The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition

“Life has to be described in pure and simple physical and physiological terms. It must be demystified and depsychologised”

Term Simple Pure Physiological

Author:U.G. Krishnamurti

“To think, after all this time, after all the searching and all the waiting, after all the regret and the time she'd spent away, she came back to find that happiness was right where she's left it. On a football field in Mullaby, North Carolina. Waiting for her.”

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Author:Sarah Addison Allen

“Bod shrugged. "So?" he said. "It's only death. I mean, all of my best friends are dead.”

Mean Said My Best Friend

Book:The Graveyard Book

Source: The Graveyard Book

“But what I hope most of all is that you understand what I mean when I tell you that even though I do not know you, and even though I may never meet you, laugh with you, cry with you, or kiss you. I love you. With all my heart, I love you.”

Knows Heart May Mean Laughing Love You Cry My Heart Kissing Vendetta

Author:Alan Moore

“life's kind of like a painting. A really bizarre, abstract painting. You could look at it and think that all it is, is a blur. And you could continue living your life thinking that all it is, is just a blur. But if you really look at it, really see it, focus on it, and use your imagination, life can become so much more. The painting could be of the sea, the sky, people,buildings, a butterfly on a flower, or anything except the blur you were once convinced it was.”

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Author:Cecelia Ahern

“well i think its quite obvious that if you're going to rely on something to carry your wishes, you might as well know where exactly it has come from and where it intends on going”

Ifs Thinking Knows Wells Might Wish Obvious Rely Wish You

Book:If You Could See Me Now

Source: If You Could See Me Now

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