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Some people might kill it." "It's hard to kill a creature once it lets you see its consciousness." He continued to carry both twig and larva.
— Carl Sagan
The kingdom of God is available to you in the here and the now. But the question is whether you are available to the kingdom. Our practice is to make ourselves ready for the kingdom so that it can manifest in the here and the now. You don't need to die in order to enter the kingdom of heaven. In fact, you have to be truly alive in order to do so.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive—that you can touch the miracle of being alive—then that is a kind of enlightenment.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Many people are alive but don't touch the miracle of being alive.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
The miracle is walking on the earth, not walking on water or fire. The real miracle is walking on this earth.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Your dream can be realized right in the present moment. You live your life in such a way that every step in the right direction and every breath along the way becomes the realization of your dream. Your dream does not take you away from the present; on the contrary, your dream becomes reality in the present moment.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
If we lose the present moment, we lose life.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
What is happening in the present moment is life.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Death is essential to making life possible. Death is transformation. Death is continuation. When we die, something else is born, even if it takes time to reveal itself or for us to be able to recognize it.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Now I see that if one doesn't know how to die, one can hardly know how to live - because death is a part of life.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
The greatest miracle is to be alive.
— Thich Nhat Hanh