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Action Quotes by Nhat Hanh
- When we come into contact with the other person, our thoughts and actions should express our mind of compassion, even if that person says and…
- When we change our daily lives - the way we think, speak and act - we change the world.
- If love is in our hearts, every thought, word, and deed can bring about a miracle. Because understanding is the very foundation of love, words…
- The Noble Eight-Fold Path is the path of living in awareness. Mindfulness is the foundation. By practicing mindfulness, you can develop concentration, which enables you…
- Meditation is not to get out of society, to escape from society, but to prepare for a reentery into society.
- Meditation is not to avoid society; it is to look deep to have the kind of insight you need to take action. To think that…
- Our mind is the foundation of all our actions, whether they are actions of body, speech, or mind, i.e., thinking. Whatever we think, say, or…
- People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make…
- The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.
- Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.
- In Buddhist culture, offering food to the monk symbolizes the action of goodness, and if you have no opportunity to support the practice of spirituality,…
- My actions are my only true belongings.
- The source of love is deep in us and we can help others realize a lot of happiness. One word, one action, one thought can…
- Feelings, whether of compassion or irritation, should be welcomed, recognized, and treated on an absolutely equal basis; because both are ourselves. The tangerine I am…
- My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground on which I stand.
- You have to learn how to help a wounded child while still practicing mindful breathing. You should not allow yourself to get lost in action.…
- Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.
- Each thought, each action in the sunlight of awareness becomes sacred.
- Words and thoughts concerning compassionate action that are not put into practice are like beautiful flowers that are colorful but have no fragrance.
- Being vegetarian here also means that we do not consume dairy and egg products, because they are products of the meat industry. If we stop…
- You are like a candle. Imagine you are sending light out all around you. All your words, thoughts and actions are going in many directions.…
- When you have enough understanding and compassion in you, then that amount of understanding and compassion will try to express itself in action. And your…
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- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
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- Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave… — Aristotle
- Well begun is half done. — Aristotle
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- Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
- We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action. — Aristotle
- Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason… — Aristotle
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