To develop understanding, you have to practice looking at all living things with the eyes of compassion. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If you abandon the present moment, you cannot live the moments of your daily life deeply. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Breathe and you dwell in the here and now, breath and you see impermanence is life. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Our smile affirms our awareness and determination to live in peace and joy. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The heart of the matter is always our oneness with divine spirit, our union with all life. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
In the Light of interbeing, peace and happiness in your daily life means peace and happiness in the world. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Water flows from high in the mountains Water runs deep in the Earth Miraculously, water comes to us, And sustains all life. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Your journey to a healthier weight is not a journey that you start and then give up. It is a journey that… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
You can use your life in a very useful and intelligent way. You can very well transform that negative energy into a… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
When we live in the spirit of gratitude, there will be much happiness in our life. The one who is grateful is… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Mindfulness practices enhance the connection between our body, our mind and everything else that is around us. Mindful living is the key… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Around us, life bursts with miracles, a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops. — 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
Just breathing and smiling can make us very happy, because when we breathe consciously we recover ourselves completely and encounter life in… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
As long as we think our lives are not good enough (materially), we will not have happiness. As soon as we realize… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Life is filled with suffering, but it is also filled with many wonders, like the blue sky, the sunshine, the eyes of… — 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
'Emptiness' means empty of a separate self. It is full of everything, full of life. The word emptiness should not scare us.… — 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
In us, there is a river of feelings, in which every drop of water is a different feeling, and each feeling relies… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Do not avoid contact with suffering or close your eyes before suffering. Do not lose awareness of the existence of suffering in… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Aware of the suffering caused by the destruction of life, I am committed to cultivating compassion and learning ways to protect the… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Sometimes we believe that happiness is not possible in the here and now, that we need a few more conditions to be… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Suppose you are drinking a cup of tea. When you hold your cup, you may like to breathe in, to bring your… — 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
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 we change our daily lives - the way we think, speak and act - we change the world. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Deep listening helps us to recognize the existence of wrong perceptions in the other person and wrong perceptions in us. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Buddhism has to do with your daily life, with your suffering and with the suffering of the people around you. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Meditation is not an escape from life... but preparation for really being in life. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
When we enter the present moment deeply, our regrets and sorrows disappear, and we discover life with all its wonders. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The quality of our life depends on the quality of the seeds that lie deep in our consciousness. — 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
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
