“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You do not need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.”

Zen master · 1926 – 2022

Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist who popularized mindfulness in the West; nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King Jr.

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