Silence is something that comes from your heart, not from outside. Silence doesn't mean not talking and not doing things; it means… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Do not say that I'll depart tomorrow because even today I still arrive. Look at me: I arrive in every second to… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
When you climb a ladder and arrive on the sixth step and you think that is the highest, then you cannot come… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person. You can call it compassionate listening.… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The heart of the matter is always our oneness with divine spirit, our union with all life. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Breathing in, I am aware of my heart. Breathing out, I smile to my heart and know that my heart still functions… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person. You can call it compassionate listening.… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
We must look deeply into the nature of our volition to see whether it is pushing us in the direction of liberation… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Anxiety is the illness of our age. We worry about ourselves, our family, our friends, our work, and our state of the… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
When we hug, our hearts connect and we know that we are not separate beings. Hugging with mindfulness and concentration can bring… — 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
Forgiveness will not be possible until compassion is born in your heart. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If love is in our hearts, every thought, word, and deed can bring about a miracle. Because understanding is the very foundation… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
I still arrive, in order to laugh and to cry, to fear and to hope. The rhythm of my heart is the… — 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
The healing of ourselves is the healing of the whole nation. Society is only a manifestation of our collective consciousness and our… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
We have to have loving speech. And if we are honest, if we are true, terrorists will open their hearts. Then we… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Awareness is a mirror reflecting the four elements. Beauty is a heart that generates love and a mind that is open. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
And once we have the condition of peace and joy in us, we can afford to be in any situation. Even in… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Everything inside and around us wants to reflect itself in us. We don't have to go anywhere to obtain the truth. We… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
We can help many people suffer less and realize a lot of happiness without being rich or influential. If love and compassion… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
When we speak, we want to say something sweet, but we don't say something sweet because something is ordering us from deep… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Buddhism is in your heart. Even if you don't have any temple or any monks, you can still be a Buddhist in… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Peace in every step. The shining red sun is my heart. Each flower smiles with me. How green, how fresh all that… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Every day we touch what is wrong, and, as a result, we are becoming less and less healthy. That is why we… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The only answer to fear is more understanding. And there is no understanding if there is no effort to look more deeply… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Every one of us needs a home. The world needs a home. There are so many young people who are homeless. They… — 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