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Practice Quotes by Nhat Hanh
- So if we love someone, we should train in being able to listen. By listening with calm and understanding, we can ease the suffering of…
- 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…
- In Buddhism, mindfulness is the key. Mindfulness is the energy that sheds light on all things and all activities, producing the power of concentration, bringing…
- You who are journalists, writers, citizens, you have the right and duty to say to those you have elected that they must practice mindfulness, calm…
- With mindfulness - the practice of peace - we can begin by working to transform the wars in ourselves. Conscious breathing helps us do this.
- If we practice mindfulness, we always have a place to be when we are afraid.
- In our consciousness, there are many negative seeds and also many positive seeds. The practice is to avoid watering the negative seeds, and to identify…
- Sometimes when I am alone in my room in the dark, I practice smiling to myself. I do this to be kind to myself, to…
- It is not a matter of faith, it is a matter of practice
- 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…
- Reconciliation is a deep practice that we can do with our listening and our mindful speech. To reconcile means to bring peace and happiness to…
- Understanding and Love are not two separate things, but just one. To develop understanding, you have to practice looking at all living beings with the…
- As long as we think our lives are not good enough (materially), we will not have happiness. As soon as we realize our lives are…
- Simple practices like conscious breathing and smiling are very important. They can change our civilization.
- Meditation is offering your genuine presence to yourself in every moment.
- Meditation is to be aware of what is going on - in our bodies, in our feelings, in our minds, and in the world. Each…
- Every one of us needs a home. The world needs a home. There are so many young people who are homeless. They may have a…
- "I am breathing in and liberating my mind. I am breathing out and liberating my mind." One practices like this.
More Practice Quotes
- . . . a basic law: the more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for.… — Norman Vincent Peale
- Throughout all of this confusion, I hope I somehow get to you. I practice all the things I'd say to tell you… — Superman
- A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most unfruitful soil… — Teresa of Avila
- Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as… — Marcus Aurelius
- I don't know what heavy penance I would not have gladly undertaken rather than practice prayer. — Teresa of Avila
- Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day. — Karen Armstrong
- Whoever has not begun the practice of prayer, I beg for the love of the Lord not to go without so great… — Teresa of Avila
- Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can offer the… — Hosea Ballou