The heart of the matter is always our oneness with divine spirit, our union with all life. — 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
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
If you realize that the other person is a human being too, and you have exactly the same kind of spiritual path,… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
In Buddhist culture, offering food to the monk symbolizes the action of goodness, and if you have no opportunity to support the… — 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
People kill and are killed because they cling too tightly to their own beliefs and ideologies. When we believe that ours is… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Spiritual practice is not just sitting and meditation. Practice is looking, thinking, touching, drinking, eating and talking. Every act, every breath, and… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
You who are journalists, writers, citizens, you have the right and duty to say to those you have elected that they must… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Are we treating our body kindly by the way we eat, by the way we drink, by the way we work? Are… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
When practiced to its fullest, mindful eating turns a simple meal into a spiritual experience, giving us a deep appreciation of all… — 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
When we respect our blood ancestors and our spiritual ancestors, we feel rooted. If we find ways to cherish and develop our… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The terrorists, they have the wrong perception. They believe that the other group is trying to destroy them as a religion, as… — 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
