Persons Quotes by Nhat Hanh

Harm no person, animal, plant or mineral.

— Nhat Hanh

I don't have to hate any person because I can always start anew, I can always reconcile.

— Nhat Hanh

Deep listening helps us to recognize the existence of wrong perceptions in the other person and wrong perceptions in us.

— Nhat Hanh

Freedom is the basic condition for you to touch life, to touch the blue sky, the trees, the birds, the tea, and…

— Nhat Hanh

By listening with calm and understanding, we can ease the suffering of another person.

— Nhat Hanh

Mindful time spent with the person we love is the fullest expression of true love and real generosity.

— Nhat Hanh

When you feel anger arising, remember to return to your breathing and follow it. The other person may see that you are…

— Nhat Hanh

Happiness is not an individual matter. When you are able to bring relief, or bring back the smile to one person, not…

— Nhat Hanh

Our capacity to make peace with another person and with the world depends very much on our capacity to make peace with…

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Every one of us needs a home. The world needs a home. There are so many young people who are homeless. They…

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I would not be happy if I could not become a monk. They call it the beginner's mind - the deep intention,…

— Nhat Hanh

Fear is born from ignorance. We think that the other person is trying to take away something from us. But if we…

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If you have the chance to be exposed to a loving, understanding environment where the seed of compassion, loving kindness, can be…

— Nhat Hanh

Through your love for each other, through learning the art of making one person happy, you learn to express your love for…

— Nhat Hanh

So if we love someone, we should train in being able to listen. By listening with calm and understanding, we can ease…

— Nhat Hanh

Often, we feel that we need a leader outside of ourselves -a Buddha, a Gandhi, or a Martin Luther King, Jr.- to…

— Nhat Hanh

Our nature is the nature of no birth and no death. It is impossible for a cloud to pass from being into…

— Nhat Hanh

Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person. You can call it compassionate listening.…

— Nhat Hanh

Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to…

— Nhat Hanh

It is best if we do not listen to or look at the person whom we consider to be the cause of…

— Nhat Hanh

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

Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. If you are not capable of generatng that kind of energy…

— Nhat Hanh

Training is needed in order to love properly; and to be able to give happiness and joy, you must practice DEEP LOOKING…

— Nhat Hanh

Listening is a very deep practice. You have to empty yourself. You have to leave space in order to listen especially to…

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The nectar of compassion is so wonderful. If you are committed to keeping it alive, then you are protected. What the other…

— Nhat Hanh

The desire to be a free person is very worthwhile. To be free means you are no longer the victim of fear,…

— Nhat Hanh

Today, you can decide to walk in freedom. You can choose to walk differently. You can walk as a free person, enjoying…

— Nhat Hanh

Artists have to show us what is not going well within the person and within the society, not try to cover it…

— Nhat Hanh

You cannot transmit wisdom and insight to another person. The seed is already there. A good teacher touches the seed, allowing it…

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When we come into contact with the other person, our thoughts and actions should express our mind of compassion, even if that…

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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

The teachings on love given by the Buddha are clear, scientific, and applicable... Love, compassion, joy, and equanimity are the very nature…

— Nhat Hanh

The other person has wrong perceptions about himself and about us. And we have wrong perceptions about ourselves and the other person.…

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The only answer to fear is more understanding. And there is no understanding if there is no effort to look more deeply…

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If you realize that the other person is a human being too, and you have exactly the same kind of spiritual path,…

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Human beings are not our enemy. Our enemy is not the other person. Our enemy is the violence, ignorance, and injustice in…

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A bodhisattva is someone who has compassion within himself or herself and who is able to make another person smile or help…

— Nhat Hanh

Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person. You can call it compassionate listening.…

— Nhat Hanh

You can practice deep listening in order to relieve the suffering in us, and in the other person. That kind of listening…

— Nhat Hanh

All violence is injustice. Responding to violence with violence is injustice, not only to the other person but also to oneself. Responding…

— Nhat Hanh