All violence is injustice. Responding to violence with violence is injustice, not only to the other person but also to oneself. Responding… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
To be free, first of all, is to be free from wrong views that are the foundation of all kinds of suffering… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The healing of ourselves is the healing of the whole nation. Society is only a manifestation of our collective consciousness and our… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Human beings are not our enemy. Our enemy is not the other person. Our enemy is the violence, ignorance, and injustice in… — 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
The other person has wrong perceptions about himself and about us. And we have wrong perceptions about ourselves and the other person.… — 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
