- Thich Nhat Hanh
"You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and
affection."
- Buddha
"Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. If you are not capable
of generating that kind of energy toward yourself- if you are not capable of taking
care of yourself, of nourishing yourself, of protecting yourself- it is very difficult
to take care of another person. In the Buddhist teaching, it's clear that to love
oneself is the foundation of the love of other people. Love is a practice. Love
is truly a practice."
- Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen Buddhist monk, author and peace activist.
"Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as
the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must
you know pain. And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of
your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy; And you would accept the seasons of your heart, even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields. And you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief."
- Kahlil Gibran, author of The Prophet.
Source: The Daily Love
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