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Your true home is in the here and the now. — Thich Nhat Hanh

In order to rally people, governments need enemies ... if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us. — Nhat Hanh

Let us fill our hearts with our own compassion - towards ourselves and towards all living beings. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Views, knowledge, and even wisdom are solid, and can block the way of understanding. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Our inner space and our peace of mind are affected by our outer space. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Angry words backfire upon the speaker. — Thich Nhat Hanh

A lotus for you. A Buddha to be. — Thich Nhat Hanh

When we recognise the virtues, the talent, the beauty of Mother Earth, something is born in us, some kind of connection; love is born. — Nhat Hanh

When St Francis looked deeply at an all day treatment in winter and asked it to speak to him about God, the tree was instantly covered in blossoms. — Thich Nhat Hanh

If a lotus is to grow, it needs to be rooted in the mind. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Anyone who is practicing understanding and compassion can exemplify true power. Anyone can be a Buddha. — Nhat Hanh

The wave does not need to die to become water. She is already water. — Thich Nhat Hanh

There are many, many Christians who practice Buddhism, and they become better and better Christians all the time. — Thich Nhat Hanh

The most basic precept of all is to be aware of what we do, what we are, each minute . Every other precept will follow from that. — Thich Nhat Hanh

We have created a culture of constant snacking, drinking, and eating. — Thich Nhat Hanh

The true miracle is not walking on water or walking in air, but simply walking on this earth. — Thich Nhat Hanh

It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not. — Thich Nhat Hanh

To take care of the environment, we must first take care of the environmentalist. — Nhat Hanh

Those who are without compassion cannot see what is seen with the eyes of compassion. — Thich Nhat Hanh

The mind is like a monkey swinging from branch to branch through a forest, says the Sutra. — Thich Nhat Hanh

We can't wait to be happy until we remove one hundred percent of suffering. That moment will never exist. — Thich Nhat Hanh

To abandon the present in order to look for things in the future is to throw away the substance and hold onto the shadow. — Nhat Hanh

That's why to love means to learn the art of nourishing our happiness. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible. — Thich Nhat Hanh

May we awaken from the dream that we are different. — Nhat Hanh

Mindful time spent with the person we love is the fullest expression of true love and real generosity. — Nhat Hanh

When your mind is liberated, your heart floods with compassion. — Nhat Hanh

New cells are born everyday and old cells die, but they have neither funerals nor birthdays. — Thich Nhat Hanh

The truth is that everything contains everything else. We cannot just be, we can only inter-be. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Peace is every step. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Life is real; it's not a dream when mindfulness is there. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere. — Thich Nhat Hanh

In true love, there is no pride. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Mindfulness is the capacity to shine the light of awareness onto what's going on here and now. Mindfulness is the heart of meditation practice. — Thich Nhat Hanh

I am life without boundaries. The decaying of this body does not mean the end of me. I am not limited to this body. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Life waits patiently for true heroes. It is dangerous when those aspiring to be heroes cannot wait until they find themselves. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Dear friends, do you know that you are lucky people? You don't have any cows to lose. — Thich Nhat Hanh

We can walk in such a way that we arrive with each step - not walking just to get somewhere else. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Poison cannot penetrate the hand that is free of wounds. — Thich Nhat Hanh

When we succeed in surviving strong emotions, we experience a more solid peace of mind. — Thich Nhat Hanh

EMBRACING SUFFERING If we let the suffering come up and just take over our mind, we can be quickly overwhelmed by it. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Looking deeply" means observing something or someone with so much concentration that the distinction between observer and observed disappears. — Thich Nhat Hanh

While practicing mindfulness, don't be dominated by the distinction between good and evil, thus creating a battle within oneself. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Impermanence is very important, crucial for life. That is why instead of complaining about impermanence you have to say "Long live impermanence!" — Nhat Hanh

You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now. — Thich Nhat Hanh

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? — Nhat Hanh

Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath. — Thich Nhat Hanh

We have to make the effort to heal words by using them properly and carefully. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Nothing can heal anger except compassion. — Thich Nhat Hanh

dwell deeply in the present moment. — Thich Nhat Hanh

We have a lamp inside us. The oil of that lamp is our breathing, our steps, and our peaceful smile. Our practice is to light up the lamp. — Thich Nhat Hanh

We all need a place that is safe and wholesome enough for us to return for refuge. In Buddhism, that refuge is mindfulness. — Nhat Hanh

Wise men mold their own character. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Mother Earth is very talented. — Nhat Hanh

The heart of the matter is always our oneness with divine spirit, our union with all life. — Nhat Hanh

May we awaken from forgetfulness and realize our true home. — Nhat Hanh

The son needs the father to have access to his source, and the father needs the son to have access to the future and the infinite. — Thich Nhat Hanh

The ground for action is to be. Walk, sit, and eat in such a way that peace is possible in the here and the now. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Maybe we have enough technology to save the planet but it is not enough because the people are not ready. — Nhat Hanh

When you have peace in yourself and accept, then you are calm enough to do something, but if you are carried by despair, there is no hope. — Nhat Hanh

This is Buddhist meditation-to penetrate, to be one with, in order to really understand. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Don't ask me anything more. My essence is wordless. — Thich Nhat Hanh

In mindfulness one is not only restful and happy, but alert and awake. Meditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality. — Thich Nhat Hanh

My dear friends, my dear disciples, don't take refuge in anything outside of you. — Thich Nhat Hanh

If we study it is not to store up knowledge but to deepen our understanding. Our understanding, in turn, can only deepen as we put it into action. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Happiness can be attained by letting go, including letting go of your ideas about happiness. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Letting go takes a lot of courage sometimes. But once you let go, happiness comes very quickly. You won't have to go around search for it. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Look deeply; I arrive in every second to be a bud on a spring branch ... to be a jewel hiding itself in a stone. — Nhat Hanh

For me, there is no happiness without freedom, and freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. — Thich Nhat Hanh

When we see that some suffering or some pain is coming up, we don't try to run away from it. In fact, we have to go back and take care of it. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Only the present moment contains life. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Unchecked craving strangles the careless man. — Thich Nhat Hanh

If you can be aware that you have a living body, and notice when there's tension in your body, that's already an important insight. — Thich Nhat Hanh

You are like fireworks. You go out into your children, your friends, your society, and the whole world. — Nhat Hanh

Understanding is like water flowing in a stream. Wisdom and knowledge are solid and can block our understanding — Thich Nhat Hanh

At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Water flows from high in the mountains Water runs deep in the Earth Miraculously, water comes to us, And sustains all life. — Nhat Hanh

Sitting in meditation is nourishment for your spirit and nourishment for your body, as well. — Thich Nhat Hanh

There's no way I can be tossed around like a bottle slapped here and there on the waves. — Nhat Hanh

Whoever neglects doing good is inviting addiction to evil. — Thich Nhat Hanh

I think Buddhism should open the door of psychology and healing to penetrate more easily into the Western world. — Nhat Hanh

The roots of a lasting relationship are mindfulness, deep listening and loving speech, and a strong community to support you. — Thich Nhat Hanh

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. — Nhat Hanh

If you truly practice mindfulness, it will never cause harm. If the practice doesn't bring about more compassion, then it's not right mindfulness. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Life is only available in the present moment. — Nhat Hanh

If you touch one thing with deep awareness, you touch everything. — Thich Nhat Hanh

There are some people who eat an orange but don't really eat it. They eat their sorrow, fear, anger, past, and future. — Nhat Hanh

Every path, every street in the world is your walking meditation path. — Nhat Hanh

You don't have to die to enter nirvana or the Kindgom of God. You only have to dwell deeply in the present moment, right now. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Pay no attention to harsh words uttered by others. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Real peace is not in power, money, or weapons, but in deep inner peace. — Nhat Hanh

That is why I don't believe much in what Mr. Descartes said: "I think, therefore I am."
I think, therefore I'm lost in my thinking. I'm not there. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Calming allows us to rest, and resting is a precondition for healing. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Go slowly, breathe and smile. — Nhat Hanh

Deeds done from bad motives remain everlastingly tainted. — Thich Nhat Hanh

If we have too many worries, fears, and doubts, we have no room for living and loving. We need to practice letting go. — Thich Nhat Hanh

We are what we feel and perceive. If we are angry, we are the anger. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Because you are alive, everything is possible. — Thich Nhat Hanh