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Other Quotes by Nhat Hanh
- The essence of love and compassion is understanding, the ability to recognize the physical, material, and psychological suffering of others, to put ourselves "inside the…
- Training is needed in order to love properly; and to be able to give happiness and joy, you must practice DEEP LOOKING directed toward the…
- 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…
- Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. If you are not capable of generatng that kind of energy toward yourself- if…
- Compassion is a mind that removes the suffering that is present in the other.
- When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It…
- Freedom is the basic condition for you to touch life, to touch the blue sky, the trees, the birds, the tea, and the other person.
- We have to understand in order to be of help. We all have pain, but we tend to suppress it, because we don't want it…
- Listening is a very deep practice. You have to empty yourself. You have to leave space in order to listen especially to people we think…
- To reconcile conflicting parties, we must have the ability to understand the suffering of both sides. If we take sides, it is impossible to do…
- There are two ways to wash the dishes. One way is to wash them to get them clean. The other way is to wash them…
- It is best if we do not listen to or look at the person whom we consider to be the cause of our anger. Like…
- Do we need to make a special effort to enjoy the beauty of the blue sky? Do we have to practice to be able to…
- Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath. Breathe…
- You practice mindfulness, on the one hand, to be calm and peaceful. On the other hand, as you practice mindfulness and live a life of…
- When we respect our blood ancestors and our spiritual ancestors, we feel rooted. If we find ways to cherish and develop our spiritual heritage, we…
- If you are a poet, you will see clearly that there is a cloud floating in this sheet of paper? ?To be? is to inter-be.…
- Hatred and fear blind us. We no longer see each other. We see only the faces of monsters, and that gives us the courage to…
- As a population, if a large number of people make even small moves to eat less meat and more plant-based foods, the livestock industry will…
- We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If…
- Science and mindfulness complement each other in helping people to eat well and maintain their health and well-being.
- Compassionate listening is to help the other side suffer less. If we realize that other people are the same people as we are, we are…
- True self is non-self, the awareness that the self is made only of non-self elements. There's no separation between self and other, and everything is…
- The fact is that when you make the other suffer, he will try to find relief by making you suffer more. The result is an…
- When you say something really unkind, when you do something in retaliation your anger increases. You make the other person suffer, and he will try…
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- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
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