“To take good care of ourselves, we must go back and take care of the wounded child inside of us. You have… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
“often we forget that it is the very people around us that we must live for first of all. If you cannot… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
“You can sit down with that fearful child inside and be gentle with him or her. You might say something like this:… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
“When anger comes up in us, we should begin to practice mindful breathing right away: “Breathing in, I know that anger is… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
With compassion you can die for other people, like the mother who can die for her child. You have the courage to… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
You are a child of the sun, you come from the sun, and that is something true with the Earth also... your… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“Perhaps when you were a little child, people would sometimes take your toy away from you. You learned to cry, to try… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
“But it takes time to practice generosity. Sometimes one pill or a little rice could save the life of a child, but… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“When you hold the hand of a child, invest one hundred percent of yourself in the act of holding her hand. When… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“If you know how to be happy with the wonders of life that are already there for you to enjoy, you don't… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“If you abandon your two glasses of wine, it is to show your children, your friends, and your society that your life… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“For example, the sound of the telephone can make us irritated and anxious. That is the sound of the telephone which comes as a… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share
“Bhikkhus, the teaching is merely a vehicle to describe the truth. Don’t mistake it for the truth itself. A finger pointing at the moon… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share
“If we practice walking meditation, we walk just for walking, not to arrive.” — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share
“Control the senses, practice equanimity. Live by disciplinary rules. Associate with good friends who are not lazy and live purely. Be courteous and well-mannered,… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share
“If you are lost in a forest at night, you can follow the North Star to find your way out. You follow the North… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share
“If you are a poet, you will clearly see a cloud floating on this sheet of paper. Thich Nhat Hanh” — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share
“Happiness can be attained by letting go, including letting go of your ideas about happiness.” — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share
“We have many kinds of energies in us, including the energies of anger, violence, and craving. But compassion is also a very strong energy.” — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share
“Knowing how to handle suffering, you know at the same time how to produce happiness. And if you’re truly happy, we all profit from… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share
“You have to realize that happiness is not something you find at the end of the road. You have to understand that it is… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share
“Suppose you are in the desert, and you only have one glass of muddy water. You have to transform the muddy water into clear… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share
“When you speak, allow the insight of our collective humanity to speak through you. When you walk, don't walk for yourself alone; walk for… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share
“Your body belongs to the earth. In modern life, people tend to think their bodies belong to them, that they can do anything they… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share
“A single wise word bringing peace to the listener is worth more than a thousand speeches of empty words.” — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share
“There is no fire like lust, no vise like hatred, no trap like delusion, and no galloping river like craving.” — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share
