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To be beautiful means to be yourself.You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. When you are born a lotus flower, be a beautiful lotus flower, don't try to be a magnolia flower. If you crave acceptance and recognition and try to change yourself to fit what other people want you to be, you will suffer all your life. True happiness and true power lie in understanding yourself, accepting yourself, having confidence in yourself.
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More Quotes by Thich Nhat Hanh (Thích Nhất Hạnh)
Choose to be in touch with what is wonderful, refreshing, and healing within yourself and around you.
Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.
No one is more worthy of your kindness and compassion than you are.
In the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change.
Around us, life bursts with miracles--a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops. If you live in awareness, it is easy to see miracles everywhere. Each human being is a multiplicity of miracles. Eyes that see thousands of colors, shapes, and forms; ears that hear a bee flying or a thunderclap; a brain that ponders a speck of dust as easily as the entire cosmos; a heart that beats in rhythm with the heartbeat of all beings. When we are tired and feel discouraged by life's daily struggles, we may not notice these miracles, but they are always there.
The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.
The way you speak to others can offer them joy, happiness, self-confidence, hope, trust, and enlightenment. Mindful speaking is a deep practice.
Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it.
Because you are alive, everything is possible.
