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Best Other Quotes by Nhat Hanh
- In modern society most of us don't want to be in touch with ourselves; we want to be in touch with other things like religion,…
- A real love letter is made of insight, understanding, and compassion. Otherwise it's not a love letter. A true love letter can produce a transformation…
- The Three Kinds of Pride are: (1) thinking I am better than the other(s); (2) thinking I am worse than the other(s); and (3) thinking…
- The present moment is the only moment available to us and it is the door to all other moments.
- To be beautiful means to be yourself.You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. When you are born a lotus…
- A bodhisattva doesn't have to be perfect. Anyone who is aware of what is happening and who tries to wake up other people is a…
- We talk about social service, service to the people, service to humanity, service to others who are far away, helping to bring peace to the…
- If we are too busy, if we are carried away every day by our projects, our uncertainty, our craving, how can we have the time…
- If we are free from attachment, we can easily recognize ourselves in other people, in different forms of manifestation, and then we don't have to…
- The nectar of compassion is so wonderful. If you are committed to keeping it alive, then you are protected. What the other person says will…
- Through your love for each other, through learning the art of making one person happy, you learn to express your love for the whole of…
- If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything. When a child presents himself to you with his smile, if…
- Reconciliation is to understand both sides; to go to one side and describe the suffering being endured by the other side, and then go to…
- To be a monk is to have time to practice for your transformation and healing. And after that to help with the transformation and healing…
- When I became a novice monk, I lived in a temple where the atmosphere was quite like in a family. The abbot is like a…
- Even though we are primarily responsible for our own anger, we believe naively that if we can say something or do something to punish the…
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- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- 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
- Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other… — Aristotle
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour