“I am convinced that happiness is not possible unless it is based on freedom.” — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“We can recognize happiness only when we remember the times of suffering!” — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
“The bikku should not rest content until mental intoxicants are fully extinct.” — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
“Without suffering there cannot be happiness. Without mud there cannot be any lotus flowers.” — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“Our happiness and suffering are the happiness and suffering of others.” — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“Happiness can be attained by letting go, including letting go of your ideas about happiness.” — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“Releasing both victory and defeat, the tranquil minds dwell in happiness. Victory produces hostility.” — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
“Knowing how to handle suffering, you know at the same time how to produce happiness. And if you’re truly happy, we all… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“Happiness is a function of compassion. If you do not have compassion in your heart, you do not have any happiness. The” — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“Without suffering, there's no happiness. So we shouldn't discriminate against the mud. We have to learn how to embrace and cradle our… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
“Health is the highest prize. Contentment is the greatest wealth. A loyal friend is the best relative. Nirvana is supreme bliss.” — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
“That is why I don't believe much in what Mr. Descartes said: "I think, therefore I am." I think, therefore I'm lost… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
You know that your happiness and suffering depend on the happiness and suffering of others. That insight helps you not to do… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it. All of us have the capacity of transforming neutral feelings into pleasant feelings, very… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“There is no way to happiness; happiness is the way. There is no way to enlightenment; enlightenment is the way.” — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“If you know how to make good use of the mud, you can grow beautiful lotuses. If you know how to make… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“Live in a way that encourages deep happiness in yourself and others. You can vow to bring joy to one person in… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“The notions and ideas we have about happiness can entrap us. We forget that they are just notions and ideas. Our idea… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“Happiness is impermanent, but it can be renewed. You are also impermanent and also renewable, like your breath, like your steps. You… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“Your good intentions are not enough; you have to be artful. We may be filled with goodwill; we may be motivated by… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“This is the nonduality principle of Buddhism: there is nothing to throw away. If a person has never suffered, he or she… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
“Buddhism teaches that joy and happiness arise from letting go. Please sit down and take an inventory of your life. There are… — Thích Nhất Hạnh 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
“The greatest miracle is to be alive. We can put an end to our suffering just by realizing that our suffering is… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance… — THICH NHAT HANH Copy Share Image
“Bhikkhus, what is meant by ‘pursuing the past’? To pursue the past means to lose yourself in thoughts about what you looked… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“Fifteen years ago, a business manager from the United States came to Plum Village to visit me. His conscience was troubled because… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
“Our joy, our peace, our happiness depend very much on our practice of recognizing and transforming our habit energies. There are positive… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“Happiness is possible only when you stop running and cherish the present moment and who you are. Who you are is already… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“You have to realize that happiness is not something you find at the end of the road. You have to understand that… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“For me, there is no happiness without freedom, and freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
“There is no distinction between means and ends. There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way. There is no way… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“To be enlightened is always to be enlightened about something. I am enlightened about the fact that I am drinking a glass… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
“Training is needed in order to love properly; and to be able to give happiness and joy, you must practice deep looking… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
“Meditation consists of generating three kinds of energy: mindfulness, concentration, and insight. These three energies give us power to nourish happiness and… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“If we practice walking meditation, we walk just for walking, not to arrive.” — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“Happiness can be attained by letting go, including letting go of your ideas about happiness.” — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
