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

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

Many of us continue to run even in our sleep. We can never rest. In our dreams, in our nightmares, we continue to run. — Thich Nhat Hanh

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

Each morning when we wake up to life we see that we have a gift of twenty-four brand new hours. If — 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 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

People ask me, "Why do you do walking meditation?" The best answer I can give is, "Because I like it. — Thich Nhat Hanh

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

Peace is based on respect for life, the spirit of reverence for life. — 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

So let the mind flow like water. Face life with a calm and quiet mind and everything in life will be calm and quiet. — Thich Thien-An

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

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

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

The beauty of Zen is found in simplicity and tranquility, in a sense of the all-embracing harmony of things. — Thich Thien-An

Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible. — Thich 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

Happiness does not come from consumption of things. — 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

There is no need to travel a great distance to touch the Kingdom of God, because it is not located in space or time. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Things cannot stay the same because they are influenced by everything else, everything that is not itself. — 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

If you take good care of the present, there is no need to worry about the future. — Thich Nhat Hanh

We have many kinds of energies in us, including the energies of anger, violence, and craving. But compassion is also a very strong energy. — Thich Nhat Hanh

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

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

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

Our practice is to water the flower in our loved one, and not bring them more garbage. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos - the trees, the clouds, everything. — Thich Nhat Hanh

You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Breathing in, there is only the present moment.
Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Just as an arrow smith shapes an arrow to perfection with fire, so does the wise man shape his mind. — Thich Nhat Hanh

I am a continuation like the rain is the continuation of the cloud. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Feeling the heat of anger right now, I close my eyes and look into the future. Three hundred years from now, where will you, where will I, be? — Thich Nhat Hanh

Touching the present moment, we realize that the present is made of the past and is creating the future. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Don't wait to start living. Live now! Your life should be real in this very moment. — Thich Nhat Hanh

As you practice building a home in yourself, you become more and more beautiful. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Look at the body as a royal chariot to which the ignorant cling, while the wise let go. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Curb your speech, restrain your mind, commit no evil deed. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment. — Thich Nhat Hanh

If you suffer and make your loved ones suffer, there is nothing that can justify your desire. — 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

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

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

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

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

Because you are alive, everything is possible. — 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

Whoever neglects doing good is inviting addiction to evil. — 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

dwell deeply in the present moment. — Thich Nhat Hanh

We all shed salty tears and shed red blood. All is one. — Thich Thien-An

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

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

Wise men mold their own character. — Thich Nhat Hanh