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The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.
Thich Nhat Hanh
The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
Tara Brach
The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.
Eckhart Tolle
The present moment is a powerful goddess.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The present moment is a gift. That's why they call it the present.
Unknown
The present moment is perfect. You don't need to change anything.
Unknown
The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion.
Thich Nhat Hanh
The present moment is where we need to be, not lost in the past or dreaming of the future.
Unknown
Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
Elbert Hubbard
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.
William James
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
Zig Ziglar
The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.
Winston Churchill
In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.
John Muir
The earth has music for those who listen.
William Shakespeare
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
Lao Tzu
The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration.
Claude Monet
The earth laughs in flowers.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
John Muir
Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The beauty of the natural world lies in the details.
Natalie Angier
The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.
W.B. Yeats
Nourishing yourself in a way that helps you blossom in the direction you want to go is attainable, and you are worth the effort.
Deborah Day
Self-care is not a luxury. It's a necessity.
Unknown
Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.
Audre Lorde
You can't pour from an empty cup. Take care of yourself first.
Unknown
The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.
Steve Maraboli
Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work.
Ralph Marston
Taking care of yourself is the most powerful way to begin to take care of others.
Bryant McGill
Self-care is how you take your power back.
Lalah Delia
Self-care is not selfish. You cannot serve from an empty vessel.
Eleanor Brown
Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It's a way of entering into the quiet that's already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day.
Deepak Chopra
Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.
Sharon Salzberg
Meditation is a way for nourishing and blossoming the divinity within you.
Amit Ray
Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit.
Jeremy Taylor
Meditation is the secret of all growth in spiritual life and knowledge.
James Allen
Meditation is not a way of avoiding reality. It is a way of understanding and embracing reality more fully.
Jack Kornfield
Meditation is the art of focusing 100% of your attention in one area. The practice comes with a myriad of well-publicized health benefits including increased concentration, decreased anxiety, and a general feeling of happiness.
Brain Tracy
Meditation is a way of slowing down and ultimately experiencing the world more fully.
David Lynch
Meditation is a way to get to know yourself and understand your own mind. It can help you become more aware of your thoughts and feelings, and ultimately lead to greater happiness and well-being.
Andy Puddicombe
Forgiveness is the final form of love.
Reinhold Niebuhr
Forgiveness is the only way to heal ourselves and be free from the past.
Desmond Tutu
Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.
Josh McDowell
Forgiveness is the highest form of love. It is when we let go of our own hurt and anger and choose to see the good in someone else, even when they have caused us pain.
Unknown
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
Mark Twain
Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.
Martin Luther King Jr.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Mahatma Gandhi
Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
Hannah Arendt
Curiosity is the engine of achievement.
Ken Robinson
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
Dorothy Parker
I have no special talent, I am only passionately curious.
Albert Einstein
Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
William Arthur Ward
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
Albert Einstein
Curiosity is the key to creativity.
Akio Morita
Curiosity is the one thing invincible in nature.
Freya Stark
Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly.
Arnold Edinborough
The greatest gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy, we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other.
Meryl Streep
Mindfulness is a way of befriending ourselves and our experience.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn't more complicated than that. It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it.
Sylvia Boorstein
Mindfulness is the miracle by which we master and restore ourselves.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Mindfulness is the key to unlock the doors of our minds, allowing us to tap into the power of the present moment.
Nhat Hanh
Mindfulness is the awareness that arises through paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Mindfulness is the path to the deathless. It is the path to the deathless. It is the path to the deathless. It is the path to the deathless.
Gautama Buddha
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
Dalai Lama
Happiness is not a destination, it's a journey. Happiness is not tomorrow, it is now. Happiness is not a dependency, it is a decision. Happiness is what you are, not what you have.
Zig Ziglar
The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.
William Saroyan
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.
Jim Rohn
Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them.
Steve Maraboli
Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.
Daphne du Maurier
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.
Aldous Huxley
Happiness is not a destination, it's a journey we take every day. Happiness is not tomorrow, it is now. Happiness is not a dependency, it is a decision we make.
Anonymous
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
Melody Beattie
Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness. It’s the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul.
Amy Collette
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Melody Beattie
Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.
Zig Ziglar
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
Henry Ward Beecher
Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.
Henry Van Dyke
Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.
William Faulkner
Gratitude is the memory of the heart.
Jean Baptiste Massieu
Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
Thich Nhat Hanh
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
William James
If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.
Amit Ray
The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Worrying is carrying tomorrow's load with today's strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.
Corrie ten Boom
The mind is everything. What you think you become.
Buddha
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
Alan Watts
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Nelson Mandela
Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be our best. Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth; it's a shield.
Brené Brown
The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.
Steve Jobs
The only way to escape the personal corruption of praise is to go on working. One is tempted to stop and listen to it. The only thing is to turn away and go on working.
Albert Einstein
Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give.
Ben Carson
The joy of giving is indeed a pleasure, especially when you get rid of something you don't want.
Eva Gabor
The greatest gift you can give someone is your time because when you give your time, you are giving a portion of your life that you will never get back.
Unknown
The joy of giving is immeasurable.
Unknown
The joy of giving is enhanced when it is done thoughtfully.
Unknown
The joy of giving is greater than the joy of receiving.
Unknown
The joy of giving is the joy of living.
Unknown
The joy of giving is a joy that lasts forever.
Unknown
The joy of giving is a joy that comes from within.
Unknown
The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.
Morrie Schwartz
The quality of your life is the quality of your relationships.
Tony Robbins
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
Mahatma Gandhi
The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention.
Rachel Naomi Remen
The most important thing in a relationship is not what you get but what you give.
Eleanor Roosevelt
The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.
Elisabeth Foley
The best things in life are the people we love, the places we've been, and the memories we've made along the way.
Unknown
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
Hans Hofmann
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
Henry Ward Beecher
The little things? The little moments? They aren't little.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
Plato
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Leonardo da Vinci
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