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Nonfear is the cream of the Buddha's teaching. Practicing
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Views, knowledge, and even wisdom are solid, and can block the way of understanding.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
As long as we're rejecting ourselves and causing harm to our bodies and minds, there's no point in talking about loving and accepting others.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
In English we say 'we are' but it's proper to say 'we are becoming' because things are becoming.
— Nhat Hanh
Angry words backfire upon the speaker.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
A lotus for you. A Buddha to be.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
In Asia, when people kiss each other they use the nose more than the mouth. Using the nose, we can recognize the person; it's so pleasant.
— 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
To see one in all and all in one is to break through the great barrier which narrows one's perception of reality,
— 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
May our heart's garden of awakening bloom with hundreds of flowers.
— 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
It is easy to see the flaws of others, hard to see one's own. One exposes flaws of others, yet hides one's own flaws.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
The verses are meant to help us to bring our awareness back to what's happening in the present moment.
— Thich 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
When you walk, arrive with every step. That is walking meditation. There's nothing else to it.
— Thich 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
Everything - including love, hate, and suffering - needs food to continue. If suffering continues, it's because we keep feeding our suffering.
— 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
He knew that even his own father's authority was fragile and restricted - a king did not possess true freedom but was imprisoned by his position.
— 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
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
Mindfulness must be engaged. Once there is seeing, there must be acting. Otherwise, what's the use of seeing?
— 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
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
Don't chew your worries, your suffering, or your projects. That's not good for your health. Just chew the string bean.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
It's wonderful to be alive and to walk on earth.
— 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
There are many ways to tell the truth. It's an art.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
We wanted peace. We did not care about anyone's victory or defeat. We just wanted the bombs to stop falling on us.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Our idea of happiness may be the very thing that's preventing us from being happy.
— 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
The suffering and the quarreling in a family don't begin with unkindness, they begin with one person's pain and stress.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Other people's actions are the result of their own pain and not the result of any intention to hurt you.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
One's breath, after all, is hardly attached to any particular creed.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
The essential discipline of following one's breath to nourish and maintain calm mindfulness, even in the midst of the most difficult circumstances.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
dwell deeply in the present moment.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Understanding is love's other name.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
We are all mother's of the Buddha because we are all pregnant with the potential for awakening.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Learn to love, enjoy and embrace what you have in the here and now. That's all you really need to be happy.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Whoever neglects doing good is inviting addiction to evil.
— 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
Happiness can be attained by letting go, including letting go of your ideas about happiness.
— Thich 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
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
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
The roots of a lasting relationship are mindfulness, deep listening and loving speech, and a strong community to support you.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Pay no attention to harsh words uttered by others.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Nothing can heal anger except compassion.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Mother Earth is very talented.
— 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
Deeds done from bad motives remain everlastingly tainted.
— Thich 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
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
Calming allows us to rest, and resting is a precondition for healing.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Go slowly, breathe and smile.
— 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
You are like fireworks. You go out into your children, your friends, your society, and the whole world.
— 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
