Heart Quotes by Nhat Hanh

To make peace, our hearts must be at peace with the world.

— Nhat Hanh

Forgiveness will not be possible until compassion is born in your heart.

— Nhat Hanh

The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.

— Nhat Hanh

When your mind is liberated, your heart floods with compassion.

— Nhat Hanh

Awareness is a mirror reflecting the four elements. Beauty is a heart that generates love and a mind that is open.

— Nhat Hanh

The heart of the matter is always our oneness with divine spirit, our union with all life.

— Nhat Hanh

Anxiety is the illness of our age. We worry about ourselves, our family, our friends, our work, and our state of the…

— Nhat Hanh

When we hug, our hearts connect and we know that we are not separate beings. Hugging with mindfulness and concentration can bring…

— Nhat Hanh

If love is in our hearts, every thought, word, and deed can bring about a miracle. Because understanding is the very foundation…

— Nhat Hanh

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

So if we love someone, we should train in being able to listen. By listening with calm and understanding, we can ease…

— Nhat Hanh

Breathing in, I am aware of my heart. Breathing out, I smile to my heart and know that my heart still functions…

— Nhat Hanh

Peace in every step. The shining red sun is my heart. Each flower smiles with me. How green, how fresh all that…

— Nhat Hanh

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

Every one of us needs a home. The world needs a home. There are so many young people who are homeless. They…

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Every day we touch what is wrong, and, as a result, we are becoming less and less healthy. That is why we…

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We have to have loving speech. And if we are honest, if we are true, terrorists will open their hearts. Then we…

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Silence is something that comes from your heart, not from outside. Silence doesn't mean not talking and not doing things; it means…

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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

Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person. You can call it compassionate listening.…

— Nhat Hanh

The healing of ourselves is the healing of the whole nation. Society is only a manifestation of our collective consciousness and our…

— Nhat Hanh

When we speak, we want to say something sweet, but we don't say something sweet because something is ordering us from deep…

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Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to…

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We can help many people suffer less and realize a lot of happiness without being rich or influential. If love and compassion…

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The only answer to fear is more understanding. And there is no understanding if there is no effort to look more deeply…

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I still arrive, in order to laugh and to cry, to fear and to hope. The rhythm of my heart is the…

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When we look deeply into the heart of a flower, we see clouds, sunshine, minerals, time, the earth, and everything else in…

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Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person. You can call it compassionate listening.…

— Nhat Hanh

We must look deeply into the nature of our volition to see whether it is pushing us in the direction of liberation…

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And once we have the condition of peace and joy in us, we can afford to be in any situation. Even in…

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When you climb a ladder and arrive on the sixth step and you think that is the highest, then you cannot come…

— Nhat Hanh