How do you want to create peace, if there is no peace inside yourselves? — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If we have fear and despair in us, we cannot remove the suffering in society. — 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
If we practice mindfulness, we always have a place to be when we are afraid. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If you are motivated by loving kindness and compassion, there are many ways to bring happiness to others right now, starting with… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Even if we cannot be completely non-voilent, by being vegetarian we are going in the direction of non-voilence — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If I succeed in loving you, I will be able to love everyone and all species on Earth... This is the real… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Because if the manifestations that happen in the present moment are beautiful and good, their continuation in the future will be also… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If you get angry easily, it may be because the seed of anger in you has been watered frequently over many years,… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The way must be in you; the destination also must be in you and not somewhere else in space or time. If… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If you think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive. — 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
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
If we are not happy, if we are not peaceful, we cannot share peace and happiness with others, even those we love,… — 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… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If you establish serenity and happiness inside yourself, you provide the world with a solid base of peace. If you do not… — 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
Eating mindfully is a most important practice of meditation. We can eat in a way that we restore the cookie of our… — 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
Your anxiety is your baby. You have to take care of it. You have to go back to yourself, recognize the suffering… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything. When a child presents himself to you with… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
It is best if we do not listen to or look at the person whom we consider to be the cause of… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
When we respect our blood ancestors and our spiritual ancestors, we feel rooted. If we find ways to cherish and develop our… — 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
Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. If you are not capable of generatng that kind of energy… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
In Buddhism, we speak of touching Nirvana with our own body, In Christianity, you can also touch the Kingdom of God with… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Peace ca n exist only in the present moment. It is rid iculous to say "Wait until I fi nish this, then… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Without being peace, we cannot do anything for peace. If we cannot smile, we cannot help other people to smile. If we… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
But if we have the energy of compassion and loving kindness in us, the people around us will be influenced by our… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
True love always brings joy to ourself and the one we love. If our love does not bring joy to both of… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The first thing I learned was that even if you have a lot of money and power and fame, you can still… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If you find yourself in some difficulty, step aside, and allow Buddha to take your place. The Buddha is in you. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If we are free from attachment, we can easily recognize ourselves in other people, in different forms of manifestation, and then we… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Breathe in and take one step, and focus all your attention on the sole of your foot. If you have not arrived… — 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
