To reconcile conflicting parties, we must have the ability to understand the suffering of both sides. If we take sides, it is… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Our appointment with life is in the present moment. If we do not have peace and joy right now, when will we… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If we know how to create the energy of love, understanding, compassion, and beauty, then we can contribute a lot to the… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
How do you want to create peace, if there is no peace inside yourselves? — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If the people who hurt us have anger or desperation within them then they suffer. When you see that someone suffers, you… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Recently, one friend asked me, "How can I force myself to smile when I am filled with sorrow? It isn't natural." I… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
I do not watch television. But I'm in touch with the world. If anything really important happens, someone will tell me. — 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
A summer breeze can be very refreshing; but if we try to put it in a tin can so we can have… — 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
If you have not suffered hunger, you do not appreciate having something to eat. If you have not gone through a war,… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If you realize that the other person is a human being too, and you have exactly the same kind of spiritual path,… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If we are not peaceful, if we are not feeling well in our skin, we cannot demonstrate real peace, and we cannot… — 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
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
As a population, if a large number of people make even small moves to eat less meat and more plant-based foods, the… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Guarding knowledge is not a good way to understand. Understanding means to throw away your knowledge. You have to be able to… — 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
With negative energy you can make the positive energy. A flower will become compost someday, but if you know how to transform… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
When you have a toothache, you think that not having a toothache will make you very happy. But when you don't have… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If you do not give right attention to the one you love, it is a kind of killing. When you are in… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
When we are angry, our anger is our very self. To suppress or chase away our anger is to suppress or chase… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Every day we do things, we are things that have to do with peace. If we are aware of our life..., our… — 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
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
