The real power of the Buddha was that he had so much love. He saw people trapped in their notions of small… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The nectar of compassion is so wonderful. If you are committed to keeping it alive, then you are protected. What the other… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Mindful time spent with the person we love is the fullest expression of true love and real generosity. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
There is no real separation between self or no-self. Anything you do for yourself you do for the society at the same… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Real love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others will be possible. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
We do not have to die to enter the kingdom of Heaven, In fact we have to be fully alive. When we… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If I succeed in loving you, I will be able to love everyone and all species on Earth... This is the real… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
There are always some people who are ready to embrace a doctrine, a notion, a dogma, and they miss the real teaching. — 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
In order to rally people, governments need enemies... if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If we are not peaceful, if we are not feeling well in our skin, we cannot demonstrate real peace, and we cannot… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
When you sit in a café, with a lot of music in the background and a lot of projects in your head,… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
When we say, "I take refuge in the Buddha," we should also understand that "The Buddha takes refuge in me," because without… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The energy of compassion is very strong. We suffer. That is real. But we have learned not to get angry and not… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
There may be a time when a country will have to wake up from a vision of happiness, when they have to… — 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
