“If you are a poet, you will clearly see a cloud floating on this sheet of paper. Thich Nhat Hanh” — Thich Nhat Hanh Poet Copy Share Image
“Maintain your health. Be joyful. Do not force yourself to do things you cannot do.”2” — Thich Nhat Hanh Health Copy Share Image
“True love is made of four elements: loving kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity.” — Thich Nhat Hanh Compassion Copy Share Image
“As the pot slowly fills up with water, drop by drop, so does the fool, little by little, become evil.” — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
“I am convinced that happiness is not possible unless it is based on freedom.” — Thich Nhat Hanh Freedom Copy Share Image
“There is no fire like lust, no vise like hatred, no trap like delusion, and no galloping river like craving.” — Thích Nhất Hạnh Desire Copy Share Image
“The good certainly cling to nothing. They do not talk aimlessly, concerned with personal gains. The wise, whether experiencing comfort or discomfort,… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
“In Asia, when people kiss each other they use the nose more than the mouth. Using the nose, we can recognize the… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Kiss Copy Share Image
“Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it. All of us have the capacity of transforming neutral feelings into pleasant feelings, very… — Thich Nhat Hanh Feelings Copy Share Image
You know that your happiness and suffering depend on the happiness and suffering of others. That insight helps you not to do… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
To be or not to be, that is not a question, because reality transcends both notions of birth and death, of being… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Birth Copy Share Image
“First of all, you need to know that an emotion is only that—an emotion—even though it may be a big, strong one.… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Emotion Copy Share Image
“It is easy to see the flaws of others, hard to see one's own. One exposes flaws of others, yet hides one's… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Flaws Copy Share Image
“We have to establish ourselves in the here and now in order to truly eat. All through the meal, we should really… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Buddhism Copy Share Image
“Sitting in the lotus position or lying down on your back, begin breathing into your belly. Keep your mind entirely on the… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Breath Copy Share Image
“Fear gives life to anger. You don’t have peace when fear is there, so it becomes the soil on which anger can… — Thich Nhat Hanh Anger Copy Share Image
“Live in a way that encourages deep happiness in yourself and others. You can vow to bring joy to one person in… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“For example, the sound of the telephone can make us irritated and anxious. That is the sound of the telephone which comes… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Mental health Copy Share Image
“Half-smile when you first wake up in the morning Hang a branch, any other sign, or even the word “smile” on the… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
“All love may begin by being passionate, especially for younger people. But in the process of living together, they have to learn… — Thich Nhat Hanh Learning Copy Share Image
“It’s like when you’re flying in an airplane. Whenever severe turbulence comes along, the seatbelt keeps you from getting thrown around the… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
“Perhaps when you were a little child, people would sometimes take your toy away from you. You learned to cry, to try… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Children 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… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“Just by breathing deeply on your anger, you will calm it. You are being mindful of your anger, not suppressing it...touching it… — Thich Nhat Hanh Anger Copy Share Image
“Emperor Wu asked Bodhidharma, the founder of Zen Buddhism in China, how much merit he had earned by building temples all over… — Thich Nhat Hanh Meditation Copy Share Image
“We often think of peace as the absence of war, that if powerful countries would reduce their weapon arsenals, we could have… — Thich Nhat Hanh Day and night Copy Share Image
“To take good care of ourselves, we must go back and take care of the wounded child inside of us. You have… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Anger Copy Share Image
“Jesus said, “If those who lead you say to you, ‘Look, the Kingdom is in the sky,’ then the birds of the… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Kingdom Copy Share Image
“When we are angry, what do we usually do? We shout, scream, and try to blame someone else for our problems. But… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Anger Copy Share Image
“The wise man carefully, moment by moment, one by one, eliminates the stains of his mind.” — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
“In the stormy ocean of life, take refuge in your wise self.” — Thích Nhất Hạnh Life Copy Share Image
“This is Buddhist meditation-to penetrate, to be one with, in order to really understand.” — Thích Nhất Hạnh Buddhism Copy Share Image
Death drowns the unsatisfied man, whose restless mind clutches for greater and greater pleasures — Thích Nhất Hạnh Death Copy Share Image
“We cannot be by ourselves alone. We can only inter-be with everything else in the cosmos.” — Thich Nhat Hanh Astronomy Copy Share Image
“Look at the body as a royal chariot to which the ignorant cling, while the wise let go.” — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
Life is enhanced and ultimately perfected by inward development — Thích Nhất Hạnh Growth Copy Share Image
“We can recognize happiness only when we remember the times of suffering!” — Thích Nhất Hạnh Happiness Copy Share Image
