Thích Nhất Hạnh: No Mud, No Lotus

Most people are afraid of suffering. But suffering 

is a kind of mud to help the lotus flower of happiness grow.

There can be no lotus flower without the mud.

- Thích Nhất Hạnh,

 from No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

 

 

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