We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at… - Thích Nhất Hạnh

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We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living.

Thích Nhất Hạnh

Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life · March 1, 1992 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Thích Nhất Hạnh (born as Nguyễn Xuân Bảo; 11 October 1926 – 22 January 2022) was an expatriate Vietnamese Buddhist monk, peace activist, and prolific author in both Vietnamese and English. Nhất Hạnh is most commonly referred to as Thích Nhất Hạnh, in which the Vietnamese title Thích (釋), derived from "Thích Ca" or "Thích Già" (釋迦) and applied to all Vietnamese Buddhist monks and nuns, means "of the Shakya (Shakyamuni Buddha) clan".

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Alternative Names: Nhat Hanh • Nguyễn Đình Lang • Nguyễn Xuân Bảo • Trừng Quang • Phùng Xuân • Thầy Nhất Hạnh • Thiền Sư Nhất Hạnh • Thich Nhat Hanh

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Even if we have time, we don't come home to ourselves. We try to keep ourselves constantly entertained - watching television, socialising, or using alcohol or drugs - because we don't want to experience that suffering all over again.

Reconciliation can also be with your own self. If you don’t reconcile with yourself, happiness with another person is impossible.

The quality of our life
depends on the quality
of the seeds
that lie deep in our consciousness.

We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living. - Thích Nhất Hạnh

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