Category: preacher
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In Buddhism, we talk of meditation as an act of awakening, to be awake to the fact that the earth is in danger and living species are in danger.
Thich Nhat Hanh
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Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend – or a meaningful day.
Dalai Lama
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It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind’s dignity.
William Ellery Channing
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We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.
Joseph Campbell
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Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones.
Thich Nhat Hanh
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Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.
William Ellery Channing
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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.
Thich Nhat Hanh
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To despise no opportunity of usefulness is a leading rule with those who are wise to win souls.
Charles Spurgeon
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You know that your happiness and suffering depend on the happiness and suffering of others. That insight helps you not to do wrong things that will bring suffering to yourself and to other people.
Thich Nhat Hanh
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A daydream is an evasion.
Thomas Merton