Our nature is the nature of no birth and no death. It is impossible for a cloud to pass from being into… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
When we look deeply into the heart of a flower, we see clouds, sunshine, minerals, time, the earth, and everything else in… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
In one sheet of paper, we see everything else, the cloud, the forest, the logger. I am, therefore you are. You are,… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If you are a poet, you will see clearly that there is a cloud floating in this sheet of paper. Without a… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
A summer breeze can be very refreshing; but if we try to put it in a tin can so we can have… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
A flower is not a flower. It is made only of non-flower elements - sunshine, clouds, time, space, earth, minerals, gardeners, and… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Action is called karma. And that's your continuation. When this body disintegrates, you continue on with your actions. It's like the cloud… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If you are a poet, you will see clearly that there is a cloud floating in this sheet of paper? ?To be?… — 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