Thích Nhất Hạnh

“Angry words backfire upon the speaker.”

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

“Wise men mold their own character.”

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

“The greatest miracle is to be alive.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

“Find joy in the extinction of desires.”

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

“A lotus for you. A Buddha to be.”

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

“Withough suffering you cannot grow”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

“There is no fire like lust, no evil like hatred.”

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

“Freedom from desire is the best of states.”

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

“Life is both dreadful and wonderful. To practice meditation is to be in touch with both aspects.”

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

“Calming, Smiling. Present moment, Wonderful moment”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

“Mindful breathing is the vehicle that you use to go back to your true home.”

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

Poison cannot penetrate the hand that is free of wounds.

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“Be an island unto yourself. Take refuge in yourself and not in anything else.”

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

“The past no longer exists, and the future is not here yet.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

“Mindfulness is the energy that makes us fully present, fully alive in the here and the now.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

“Without suffering there cannot be happiness. Without mud there cannot be any lotus flowers.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

When you learn about the teaching and the practice of another tradition, you always have a chance to understand your own teaching…

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“Mind is the forerunner of all actions. All deeds are led by mind, created by mind. If one speaks or acts with…

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“There is no single entity whose identity is changeless. All things are constantly changing. Nothing endures forever or contains a changeless element…

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“You think that you’re safe when carrying your phone. But the truth is that mindfulness will do much more than a phone…

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“Invite your fear into consciousness, and smile through it; every time you smile through your fear, it will lose some of its…

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“To see one in all and all in one is to break through the great barrier which narrows one’s perception of reality,”

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“There is no way to happiness; happiness is the way. There is no way to enlightenment; enlightenment is the way.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

“Lev dig in i tanken att du finns i universum och att universum finns i dig. Om universum finns, finns du. Om…

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“I have noticed that people are dealing too much with the negative, with what is wrong. ... Why not try the other…

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“We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living. We know how to sacrifice ten years for…

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“You cannot reach lofty heights in art if you do not first discover the unsurpassable beauty in your own heart. If you…

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“So, while driving in the car with the person sitting right next to us, we think about other things. We aren't interested…

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“Practice living every moment of your daily life deeply and in freedom. If that’s what you really want, then what you need…

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“When anger manifests in us, we must recognize and accept that anger is there and that it needs to be tended to.…

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“When you speak, allow the insight of our collective humanity to speak through you. When you walk, don't walk for yourself alone;…

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“When we recognize that we have a habit of replaying old events and reacting to new events as if they were the…

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“In modern life, people think that their body belongs to them and they can do anything they want to it. When they…

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“Impermanence and non-self are not negative. They are the doors that open to the true nature of reality. They are not the…

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“Then Allen said, “I’ve discovered a way to have a lot more time. In the past, I used to look at my…

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“When you look at a tree in a storm, you see that the top of the tree is very unstable and vulnerable.…

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“Aware of the suffering caused by unmindful speech and failure to listen, I am committed to cultivating loving speech and compassionate listening…

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“ENJOY BEING ALIVE To breathe and know you are alive is wonderful. Because you are alive, everything is possible. The Sangha, the…

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“Your body belongs to the earth. In modern life, people tend to think their bodies belong to them, that they can do…

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“Bhikkhus, the teaching is merely a vehicle to describe the truth. Don’t mistake it for the truth itself. A finger pointing at…

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