It is possible that the next Buddha will not take the form of an individual. The next Buddha may take the form… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Simple practices like conscious breathing and smiling are very important. They can change our civilization. — 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
Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The most important thing is that we need to be understood. We need someone to be able to listen to us and… — 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
There is a story in Zen circles about a man and a horse. The horse is galloping quickly, and it appears that… — 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
Looking deeply into the wrong perceptions, ideas, and notions that are at the base of our suffering is the most important practice… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
We have to understand in order to be of help. We all have pain, but we tend to suppress it, because we… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
What is most important is to find peace and to share it with others. To have peace, you can begin by walking… — 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
Impermanence is very important, crucial for life. That is why instead of complaining about impermanence you have to say "Long live impermanence!" — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The most important thing that we can do for the healing of our world is to hear inside ourselves, the sounds of… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Compassion is our most important practice. Understanding brings compassion. Understanding the suffering that living beings undergo helps liberate the energy of compassion.… — 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
This is a very important practice. Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself. When you are carried… — 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
