It is best if we do not listen to or look at the person whom we consider to be the cause of… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
In our consciousness, there are many negative seeds and also many positive seeds. The practice is to avoid watering the negative seeds,… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The miracle is not to walk on water, or in the air, or on burning charcoal. The miracle is to walk on… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Water flows from high in the mountains Water runs deep in the Earth Miraculously, water comes to us, And sustains all life. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
In us, there is a river of feelings, in which every drop of water is a different feeling, and each feeling relies… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Around us, life bursts with miracles, a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Though we all have the fear and the seeds of anger within us, we must learn not to water those seeds and… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Leaves are usually looked upon as the children of the tree. Yes, they are children of the tree, born from the tree,… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Enlightenment for a wave is the moment the wave realizes it is water. At that moment, all fear of death disappears. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Silence is essential for deep transformation. It allows the practice of conscious breathing to become deep and effective. Like still water that… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
By eating meat we share responsibility for causing climate change, the destruction of our forests, and the poisoning of our air and… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Everything inside and around us wants to reflect itself in us. We don't have to go anywhere to obtain the truth. We… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
You have two gardens: your own garden and that of your beloved. First, you have to take care of your own garden… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The practice of Zen is to eat, breathe, cook, carry water, and scrub the toilet — to infuse every act of body,… — 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
