You are like fireworks. You go out into your children, your friends, your society, and the whole world. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
When you produce peace and happiness in yourself, you begin to realize peace for the whole world. With the smile that you… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
An emotion is only an emotion. It's just a small part of your whole being. You are much more than your emotion.… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
A flower is not a flower. It is made only of non-flower elements - sunshine, clouds, time, space, earth, minerals, gardeners, and… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Through your love for each other, through learning the art of making one person happy, you learn to express your love for… — 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
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
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
Survival means the survival of human kind as a whole, not just a part of it. If the South cannot survive, then… — 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
