"Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free."

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Source : Thich Nhat Hanh (2015). “The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation”, p.78, Harmony

Nhat Hanh

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“Mathematicians have a certain type of mind, and climbers have a certain type of mind, because climbing poses these incredibly interesting problems for them.”

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“To be spiritual is to be genuine in everything you say and do, come what may.”
“Money and good pussy's a fatal attraction for men.”

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“I'm one of those people who has always been a bridesmaid.”
“The world should take notice when someone...with a fanatic mind and with powerful means, receives his marching orders from Heaven.”
“You don't have to wear fur. They make such great fakes. There's no reason to kill an animal.”
“There is a spiritual capacity in carbon as there is a carbon component functioning in our highest spiritual experience. If some scientists consider that all this is merely a material process, then what they call matter, I call mind, soul, spirit, or consciousness. Possibly it is a question of terminology, since scientists too on occasion use terms that express awe and mystery. Most often, perhaps, they use the expression that some of the natural forms they encounter seem to be "telling them something."”
“The quality of our lives is diminished every time we lose a great artist.”

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