If you really know how to live, what better way to start the day than with a smile? — 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
The organic gardener does not think of throwing away the garbage. She knows that she needs the garbage. She is capable 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
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
Inside every one of us is a garden, and every practitioner has to go back to their garden and take care of… — 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
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 know that we do not know enough. We have to continue to learn. We have to be open. And we have… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Sometimes when I am alone in my room in the dark, I practice smiling to myself. I do this to be kind… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The root-word "buddha" means to wake up, to know, to understand; and he or she who wakes up and understands is call… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
When we hug, our hearts connect and we know that we are not separate beings. Hugging with mindfulness and concentration can bring… — 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
We know how to sacrifice ten years for a diploma, and we are willing to work hard to get a job, a… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Meditation is not to escape from society, but to come back to ourselves and see what is going on. Once there is… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
There are so many things that can provide us with peace. Next time you take a shower or a bath, I suggest… — 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
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
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
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
When you enter deeply into this moment, you see the nature of reality, and this insight liberates you from suffering and confusion.… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Meditation is, first of all, a tool for surveying our territory so we can know what is going on. With the energy… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
We humans think we are smart, but an orchid, for example, knows how to produce noble, symmetrical flowers, and a snail knows… — 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
When someone does not know how to handle his own suffering, one allows it to spill all over the people around him… — 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
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 you love someone, you want to share everything with him or her. So it is your duty to say, "I suffer… — 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
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
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
No thought about the past or future can pull you away from your present peace and joy. The universe exists in this… — 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
