If we practice mindfulness, we always have a place to be when we are afraid. — 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 have fear and despair in us, we cannot remove the suffering in society. — 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
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
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
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
Even if you only stop and focus on your breathing for a few breaths, or for a minute or two, its very… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The Buddha said that if we know how to look deeply into our suffering and recognize what feeds it, we are already… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If you are truly present and know how to take care of the present moment as best you can, you are doing… — 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
If we are at war with our parents, our family, our society, or our church, there is probably a war going on… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If you come to Plum Village in the summertime, you see many lotus flowers. Without the mud the lotus flowers cannot grow.… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Love doesn't have any color. Other people may discriminate against us, but what is more important is whether we discriminate against them.… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
When we come into contact with the other person, our thoughts and actions should express our mind of compassion, even if that… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The sangha is a community where there should be harmony and peace and understanding. That is something created by our daily life… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The Buddha said, 'Nothing can survive without food.' This is a very simple and very deep truth. Love and hate are both… — 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
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
You have two gardens: your own garden and that of your beloved. First, you have to take care of your own garden… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Leaves are usually looked upon as the children of the tree. Yes, they are children of the tree, born from the tree,… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
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
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
We should be able to bring the practice of meditation hall into our daily lives. We need to discuss among ourselves how… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
It is often said that the Buddha's teaching is only a raft to help you cross the river, a finger pointing to… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
You need the practice of mindfulness to bring your mind back to the body and establish yourself in the moment. If you… — 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
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
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
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
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
If you are capable of brushing your teeth in mindfulness, then you will be able to enjoy the time when you take… — 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
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
We need enlightenment, not just individually but collectively, to save the planet. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share
If you really know how to live, what better way to start the day than with a smile? — Nhat Hanh Copy Share
Contemplating the bowl, it is possible to see the interdependent elements which give rise to the bowl. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share
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
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
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
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
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
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
When we have anger in us, we suffer. When we have discrimination in us, we suffer. When we have the complex of superiority, we… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share
Every morning, when we wake up, we have twenty-four brand-new hours to live. What a precious gift! We have the capacity to live in… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share
It is best if we do not listen to or look at the person whom we consider to be the cause of our anger.… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share
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