The best Quotes by Thich Nhat Hanh

The best Quotes by Thich Nhat Hanh

Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
If you truly get in touch with a piece of carrot, you get in touch with the soil, the rain, the sunshine. You get in touch with Mother Earth and eating in such a way, you feel in touch with true life, your roots, and that is meditation. If we chew every morsel of our food in that way we become grateful and when you are grateful, you are happy.
Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity.
You carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment. In that insight of inter-being, it is possible to have real communication with the Earth, which is the highest form of prayer.
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
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She warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within.
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Every girl is beautiful. Sometimes it just takes the right guy to see it.
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She was beautiful, but not like those girls in the magazines. She was beautiful, for the way she thought. She was beautiful, for the sparkle in her eyes when she talked about something she loved. She was beautiful, for her ability to make other people smile, even if she was sad. No, she wasn't beautiful for something as temporary as her looks. She was beautiful, deep down to her soul.
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Like so many things, it's not what is outside, but what is inside that counts.
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That's always seemed so ridiculous to me, that people want to be around someone because they're pretty. It's like picking your breakfeast cereals based on color instead of taste.
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He called you pretty... That's practically an insult, the way you look right now... You're much more than beautiful.
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Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty.
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Women need to be beautiful to be loved by men, and stupid enough to love them.
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But it's hard to stay mad, when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst.
Lester Burnham in American Beauty
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Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.
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I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls
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Recently I was driving my daughter to school and she said to me: "Mama, I'm the ugliest girl I know. I look like a boy with long hair.' And my brain went to 'Oh my god, you're six. Where is this coming from? Who said this? Can I kick a sex-year-old's ass?' But I didn't say anything and instead I went home and I made a PowerPoint presentation for her and in that presentation were androgynous rock stars and artists that live their truth, are probably made fun of every day of their life and carry on and wave their flag and inspire the rest of us. And these are artists like Michael Jackson and David Bowie and Freddie Mercury and Annie Lennox and Prince and Janis Joplin and George Michael, Elton John. So many artists, her eyes glazed over. But then I said, 'I really want to know why you feel this way about yourself?' And she said 'Well, I look like a boy.' I said, 'What do you think I look like?' And she said, 'You're beautiful.' And I was like, 'Well, thanks!' But I said, 'When people make fun of me, that's what they use. They say that I look like a boy, or I'm too masculine or I have too many opinions, my body is too strong. Do you see me growing my hair?' She said, 'No, Mama.' I said, 'Do you see me changing my body?"
'No, Mama."
'Do you see me changing the way I present myself to the world?"
'No, Mama."
'Do you see me selling out arenas all over the world?"
'Yes, Mama."
So baby-girl, we don't change. We take the gravel and the shell and we make a pearl and we help other people to change, so that they can see more kinds of beauty. And to all the artists here, I'm so inspired by all of you. Thank you for being your true selves and for lighting the way for us. I'm so inspired by you guys. There's so much rad happening right now in music. Keep doing it. Keep shining for the rest of us to see. And you, my darling girl, are beautiful and I love you.
Pink - Acceptance Speech VMAs 2017
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Feeling beautiful has nothing to do with what you look like - I promise!
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It's sad when girls think they don't have anything going on except being pretty.
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My definition of beauty is happiness. I believe that when you are happy, it shines through and makes you a more attractive and beautiful person!
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Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
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By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.
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The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries or the way she combs her hair.
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Being different isn't a bad thing. It means you're brave enough to be yourself.
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Don't let anyone, ever, make you feel like you don't deserve what you want.
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Don't ever let someone tell you, you can't do something. Not even me. You got a dream, you got to protect it. People can't do something themselves, they want to tell you you can't do it. You want something, go get it. Period. All right?
Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness
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What other people think of you is none of your business.
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Now, if you know what you're worth, then go out and get what you're worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain't you. You're better than that!
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I am thankful to all those who said NO to me. It's because of them I did it myself.
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Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside, while still alive. Never surrender!
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If you can dream it, you can do it!
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It's better to be hated for the person you are, than to be loved for the person you're not.
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You've got enemies? Good. That means you actually stood up for something.
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You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
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Believe you can, then you will.
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The things that make me different are the things that make me.
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Be confident. Too many days are wasted comparing ourselves to others and wishing to be something we aren't. Everybody has their own strengths and weknesses, and it is only when you accept everything you are - and aren't - that you will truly succeed.
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Don't change so people will like you. Be yourself and the right people will love the real you.
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Once you have accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.
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The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.
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Small is the number of them that see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.
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One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.
Joe Biden - März 2024
What do you call an Asian Dwayne Johnson?
The Wok.
I'm paranoid. On my stationary bike, I have a rear view mirror.
When you're in love it's the most glorious two and a half days of your life.
I quit therapy because my analyst was trying to help me behind my back.
I tried phone sex - it gave me an ear infection.
During sex I fantasize that I'm someone else.
I like to read biographies of authors that I love, like Richard Yates. I also like to see what non-fiction authors are out there. My bible is Something Happened. It's one of the greatest books I've ever read. But if I don't read a Dostoevsky soon I'm going to kill myself.
For 45 years I've worked without an audience.

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