Nhat Hanh Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Nhat Hanh
Nhat Hanh Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Nhat Hanh on Wise Famous Quotes.
If you think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive.
By taking a look at your anger it can be transformed into the kind of energy that you need - understanding and compassion.
Meditation is to get insight, to get understanding and compassion, and when you have them, you are compelled to act.
Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.
To be spiritual means to be solid, calm, and peaceful and to be able to look deeply inside and around us.
When we recognise the virtues, the talent, the beauty of Mother Earth, something is born in us, some kind of connection; love is born.
Doubt in my tradition is something that is very helpful. Because of doubt, you can thirst more and you will get a higher kind of proof.
Anyone who is practicing understanding and compassion can exemplify true power. Anyone can be a Buddha.
The desire to be a free person is very worthwhile. To be free means you are no longer the victim of fear, anger, craving, or suspicion.
That is why those who are not capable of being there in the present moment, they don't really live their life - they live like dead people.
Hatred and fear blind us. We no longer see each other. We see only the faces of monsters, and that gives us the courage to destroy each other.
To abandon the present in order to look for things in the future is to throw away the substance and hold onto the shadow.
The present moment contains past and future. The secret of transformation, is in the way we handle this very moment.
Choose to be in touch with what is wonderful, refreshing, and healing within yourself and around you.
As a human being, you have the right to get angry; but as a practitioner, you do not have the right to stop practicing.
Words and thoughts concerning compassionate action that are not put into practice are like beautiful flowers that are colorful but have no fragrance.
The most important thing that we can do for the healing of our world is to hear inside ourselves, the sounds of the earth crying.
"I am breathing in and liberating my mind. I am breathing out and liberating my mind." One practices like this.
Simple practices like conscious breathing and smiling are very important. They can change our civilization.
Artists have to show us what is not going well within the person and within the society, not try to cover it up.
Contemplating the bowl, it is possible to see the interdependent elements which give rise to the bowl.
Our appointment with life is in the present moment. If we do not have peace and joy right now, when will we have peace and joy?
To love our enemy is impossible. The moment we understand our enemy, we feel compassion towards him/her, and he/she is no longer our enemy.
But if we have the energy of compassion and loving kindness in us, the people around us will be influenced by our way of being and living.
Wherever we are we have the capacity to enjoy the sunshine, the presence of each other and the wonder of our breathing.
When we give ourselves the chance to let go of all our tension, the body's natural capacity to heal itself can begin to work.
Each moment you are alive is a gem. It needs you to breathe gently for the miracles to be displayed.
The necessary condition for the existence of peace and joy is the awareness that peace and joy are available.
If we know how to create the energy of love, understanding, compassion, and beauty, then we can contribute a lot to the world.
When it comes to health and well-being, regular exercise is about as close to a magic potion as you can get.
Words can travel thousands of miles. May my words create mutual understanding and love. May they be as beautiful as gems, as lovely as flowers.
Maybe we have enough technology to save the planet but it is not enough because the people are not ready.
People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?
People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don't suffer anymore.
Look deeply; I arrive in every second to be a bud on a spring branch ... to be a jewel hiding itself in a stone.
Water flows from high in the mountains Water runs deep in the Earth Miraculously, water comes to us, And sustains all life.
If we are not peaceful, if we are not feeling well in our skin, we cannot demonstrate real peace, and we cannot raise our children well either.
Impermanence is very important, crucial for life. That is why instead of complaining about impermanence you have to say "Long live impermanence!"
Awareness is a mirror reflecting the four elements. Beauty is a heart that generates love and a mind that is open.
If you are motivated by loving kindness and compassion, there are many ways to bring happiness to others right now, starting with kind speech.
You do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.
Our life is a manifestation, and we can very well make that manifestation beautiful and meaningful and have a good influence.
Seeds can produce seeds Seeds can produce formations. Formations can produce seeds. Formations can produce formations.
The bad things, don't do them. The good things, try to do them. Try to purify, subdue your own mind. That is the teaching of all buddhas.