I do not watch television. But I'm in touch with the world. If anything really important happens, someone will tell me. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If we know how to create the energy of love, understanding, compassion, and beauty, then we can contribute a lot to the… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
I think Buddhism should open the door of psychology and healing to penetrate more easily into the Western world. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
In the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Our capacity to make peace with another person and with the world depends very much on our capacity to make peace with… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The more compassionate you are, the more generous you can be. The more generous you are, the move loving friendliness you cultivate… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Many of us worry about the situation of the world . . . We need to remain calm, to see clearly. Meditation… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Anxiety is the illness of our age. We worry about ourselves, our family, our friends, our work, and our state of the… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
To meditate is to be aware of what is going on - in our bodies, our feelings our minds, and in the… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
As children, Siddhartha and Jesus both realized that life is filled with suffering. The Buddha became aware at an early age that… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Often, we feel that we need a leader outside of ourselves -a Buddha, a Gandhi, or a Martin Luther King, Jr.- to… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Aware of the suffering caused by the destruction of life, I am committed to cultivating compassion and learning ways to protect the… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
As a population, if a large number of people make even small moves to eat less meat and more plant-based foods, the… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Do not avoid contact with suffering or close your eyes before suffering. Do not lose awareness of the existence of suffering in… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The way we live our daily lives is what most effects the situation of the world. If we can change our daily… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
It is difficult to explain to children in the "overdeveloped" nations that not all children in the world have such beautiful and… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The larger your beloved community, the more you can accomplish in the world. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
When we change our daily lives - the way we think, speak and act - we change the world. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Each breath we take, each step we make, each smile we realize, is a positive contribution to peace... a necessary step in… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The most important thing that we can do for the healing of our world is to hear inside ourselves, the sounds of… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
I am determined not to kill, not to let others kill, and not to support any act of killing in the world,… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
In every country in the world, killing human beings is condemned. The Buddhist precept of non-killing extends even further, to include all… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
You are like fireworks. You go out into your children, your friends, your society, and the whole world. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
In the Light of interbeing, peace and happiness in your daily life means peace and happiness in the world. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Meditation is to be aware of what is going on in your body, in your feelings, in your mind, and in the… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
What happens in the present moment? In the present moment, you are producing thought, speech, and action. And they continue in the… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Every one of us needs a home. The world needs a home. There are so many young people who are homeless. They… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
There is a paradise of form and colors in the world. And because you have eyes still in good condition, you can… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
We may not have done anything but when we are relaxed, when we are peaceful, when we are able to smile and… — 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
If you establish serenity and happiness inside yourself, you provide the world with a solid base of peace. If you do not… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
We ourselves need love; it's not only society, the world outside, that needs love. But we can't expect that love to come… — 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
Meditation is to be aware of what is going on - in our bodies, in our feelings, in our minds, and in… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
I am determined not to kill, not to let others kill, and not to condone any act of killing in the world,… — 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
