As long as we think our lives are not good enough (materially), we will not have happiness. As soon as we realize… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
I know that we do not know enough. We have to continue to learn. We have to be open. And we have… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Maybe we have enough technology to save the planet but it is not enough because the people are not ready. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Life is filled with suffering, but it is also filled with many wonders, like the blue sky, the sunshine, the eyes of… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The essence of love and compassion is understanding, the ability to recognize the physical, material, and psychological suffering of others, to put… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Are we treating our body kindly by the way we eat, by the way we drink, by the way we work? Are… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
We all need a place that is safe and wholesome enough for us to return for refuge. In Buddhism, that refuge is… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
As you embrace your pain, you get relief and you find out how to handle that emotion. And if you know how… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
I am determined not to kill, not to let others kill, and not to condone any act of killing in the world,… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have a flash of insight, but it's not strong enough to survive. Therefore in the practice of Buddhism, samadhi is… — 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
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