You who are journalists, writers, citizens, you have the right and duty to say to those you have elected that they must… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Many of us worry about the situation of the world . . . We need to remain calm, to see clearly. Meditation… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
So if we love someone, we should train in being able to listen. By listening with calm and understanding, we can ease… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Meditation is, first of all, a tool for surveying our territory so we can know what is going on. With the energy… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
There are many ways to calm a negative energy without suppressing or fighting it. You recognize it, you smile to it, and… — 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
By listening with calm and understanding, we can ease the suffering of another person. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
To be spiritual means to be solid, calm, and peaceful and to be able to look deeply inside and around us. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is. A… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Scientists tell us that we have enough technology to save our planet. . . . Yet we don't take advantage of this… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Meditation is not to avoid society; it is to look deep to have the kind of insight you need to take action.… — 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
