There are many ways to calm a negative energy without suppressing or fighting it. You recognize it, you smile to it, and… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
We have the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast. But in the name of freedom, people have done a lot of… — 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
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
By listening with calm and understanding, we can ease the suffering of another person. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Fear is born from ignorance. We think that the other person is trying to take away something from us. But if we… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The necessary condition for the existence of peace and joy is the awareness that peace and joy are available. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
No single tradition monopolizes the truth. We must glean the best values of all traditions and work together to remove the tensions… — 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
To be spiritual means to be solid, calm, and peaceful and to be able to look deeply inside and around us. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
When you produce peace and happiness in yourself, you begin to realize peace for the whole world. With the smile that you… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
We may not have done anything but when we are relaxed, when we are peaceful, when we are able to smile and… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Peace in every step. The shining red sun is my heart. Each flower smiles with me. How green, how fresh all that… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Be angry, it's okay. To be angry, that is very human. And to learn how to smile at your anger and make… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If you establish serenity and happiness inside yourself, you provide the world with a solid base of peace. If you do not… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Every day we touch what is wrong, and, as a result, we are becoming less and less healthy. That is why we… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Scientists tell us that we have enough technology to save our planet. . . . Yet we don't take advantage of this… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Meditation is not to avoid society; it is to look deep to have the kind of insight you need to take action.… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Each breath we take, each step we make, each smile we realize, is a positive contribution to peace... a necessary step 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
