At the moment of waking up, before getting out of bed, get in touch with your breath — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Even if you only stop and focus on your breathing for a few breaths, or for a minute or two, its very… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Breath is aligned with both body and mind and it alone can bring them together. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Breathe and you dwell in the here and now, breath and you see impermanence is life. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
We inter-breath with the rain forests, we drink from the oceans. They are part of our own body. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Each breath we take, each step we make, each smile we realize, is a positive contribution to peace... a necessary step in… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The fact that I am standing there and washing bowls is a wondrous reality. I'm being completely myself, following my breath, conscious… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Spiritual practice is not just sitting and meditation. Practice is looking, thinking, touching, drinking, eating and talking. Every act, every breath, and… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
You need the practice of mindfulness to bring your mind back to the body and establish yourself in the moment. If you… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
We need enlightenment, not just individually but collectively, to save the planet. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share
If you really know how to live, what better way to start the day than with a smile? — Nhat Hanh Copy Share
Contemplating the bowl, it is possible to see the interdependent elements which give rise to the bowl. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share
Our joy, peace and happiness depend very much on our practice of recognizing and transforming habit energies. There are positive habit energies that we… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share
Silence is something that comes from your heart, not from outside. Silence doesn't mean not talking and not doing things; it means that you… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share
Wisdom is a living stream, not an icon to be preserved in a museum. Only when a practitioner finds the spring of wisdom in… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share
We may think of peace as the absence of war, that if the great powers would reduce their weapons arsenals, we could have peace.… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share
If you are capable of brushing your teeth in mindfulness, then you will be able to enjoy the time when you take a shower,… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share
If I am incapable of washing dishes joyfully, if I want to finish them quickly so I can go and have dessert, I will… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share
When we have anger in us, we suffer. When we have discrimination in us, we suffer. When we have the complex of superiority, we… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share
Every morning, when we wake up, we have twenty-four brand-new hours to live. What a precious gift! We have the capacity to live in… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share
It is best if we do not listen to or look at the person whom we consider to be the cause of our anger.… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share
