When we have anger in us, we suffer. When we have discrimination in us, we suffer. When we have the complex of… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
It is best if we do not listen to or look at the person whom we consider to be the cause of… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The nectar of compassion is so wonderful. If you are committed to keeping it alive, then you are protected. What the other… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Anger is like a flame blazing up and consuming our self-control, making us think, say, and do things that we will probably… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
When you understand the roots of anger in yourself and in the other, your mind will enjoy true peace, joy and lightness — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
By taking a look at your anger it can be transformed into the kind of energy that you need - understanding and… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
In every one of us there are good seeds and bad. We have the seed of brotherhood, love, compassion, insight. But we… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Knowing that anger makes me ugly, I smile instead. I return to myself and meditate on love. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Though we all have the fear and the seeds of anger within us, we must learn not to water those seeds and… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Even though we are primarily responsible for our own anger, we believe naively that if we can say something or do something… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If the people who hurt us have anger or desperation within them then they suffer. When you see that someone suffers, you… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Fear, separation, hate and anger come from the wrong view that you and the Earth are two separate entities, the Earth is… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Whenever anger comes up, take out a mirror and look at yourself. When you are angry, you are not very beautiful. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
We are looking for happiness and running after it in such a way that creates anger, fear and discrimination. So when you… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
When you feel anger arising, remember to return to your breathing and follow it. The other person may see that you are… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
With negative energy you can make the positive energy. A flower will become compost someday, but if you know how to transform… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
When we are angry, our anger is our very self. To suppress or chase away our anger is to suppress or chase… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If you get angry easily, it may be because the seed of anger in you has been watered frequently over many years,… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Meditation is not meant to help us avoid problems or run away from difficulties. It is meant to allow positive healing to… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The desire to be a free person is very worthwhile. To be free means you are no longer the victim of fear,… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
I am in the present. I don't think of the past. I don't think of the future. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Be angry, it's okay. To be angry, that is very human. And to learn how to smile at your anger and make… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
This is a very important practice. Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself. When you are carried… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
We need enlightenment, not just individually but collectively, to save the planet. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If you really know how to live, what better way to start the day than with a smile? — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Contemplating the bowl, it is possible to see the interdependent elements which give rise to the bowl. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
