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Own Quotes by Nhat Hanh
- You have two gardens: your own garden and that of your beloved. First, you have to take care of your own garden and master the…
- We inter-breath with the rain forests, we drink from the oceans. They are part of our own body.
- In Buddhism, we speak of touching Nirvana with our own body, In Christianity, you can also touch the Kingdom of God with your body, right…
- Wisdom is a living stream, not an icon to be preserved in a museum. Only when a practitioner finds the spring of wisdom in his…
- We may think of peace as the absence of war, that if the great powers would reduce their weapons arsenals, we could have peace. But…
- When you drop bombs on the enemy, you drop those same bombs on yourself, your own country.
- When someone does not know how to handle his own suffering, one allows it to spill all over the people around him or her. When…
- 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…
- When practiced to its fullest, mindful eating turns a simple meal into a spiritual experience, giving us a deep appreciation of all that went into…
- 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…
- Meditation can help us embrace our worries, our fear, our anger; and that is very healing. We let our own natural capacity of healing do…
- Let us fill our hearts with our own compassion - towards ourselves and towards all living beings.
- People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water…
- Our own life has to be our message.
- It is said that God has created man in his own image. But it may be that humankind has created God in the image of…
- A human being is like a television set with millions of channels.... We cannot let just one channel dominate us. We have the seed of…
- Usually when we hear or read something new, we just compare it to our own ideas. If it is the same, we accept it and…
- A teacher cannot give you the truth The truth is already in you You only need to open yourself – body, mind and heart- so…
- When our beliefs are based on our own direct experience of reality and not on notions offered by others, no one can remove these beliefs…
- The bad things, don't do them. The good things, try to do them. Try to purify, subdue your own mind. That is the teaching of…
- 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…
- 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…
More Own Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
- And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that… — Isaac Asimov