Moral law Quote by Thích Nhất Hạnh

“Just as rust produced by iron corrodes iron, so is the violator of moral law destroyed by his own wrong action.” quote by Thích Nhất Hạnh — Download Open image

““Just as rust produced by iron corrodes iron, so is the violator of moral law destroyed by his own wrong action.””

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“For example, the sound of the telephone can make us irritated and anxious. That is the sound of the telephone which comes as a result of past actions and afflictions. If, however, we practice and acknowledge the sound of the telephone as a bell of mindfulness, then when the telephone rings we shall know how to bring our mind back…

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“Bhikkhus, the teaching is merely a vehicle to describe the truth. Don’t mistake it for the truth itself. A finger pointing at the moon is not the moon. The finger is needed to know where to look for the moon, but if you mistake the finger for the moon itself, you will never know the real moon. The teaching is…

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“If we practice walking meditation, we walk just for walking, not to arrive.”

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“Control the senses, practice equanimity. Live by disciplinary rules. Associate with good friends who are not lazy and live purely. Be courteous and well-mannered,…

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“If you are lost in a forest at night, you can follow the North Star to find your way out. You follow the North…

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“If you are a poet, you will clearly see a cloud floating on this sheet of paper. Thich Nhat Hanh”

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“Happiness can be attained by letting go, including letting go of your ideas about happiness.”

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“We have many kinds of energies in us, including the energies of anger, violence, and craving. But compassion is also a very strong energy.”

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“Knowing how to handle suffering, you know at the same time how to produce happiness. And if you’re truly happy, we all profit from…

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“You have to realize that happiness is not something you find at the end of the road. You have to understand that it is…

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“Suppose you are in the desert, and you only have one glass of muddy water. You have to transform the muddy water into clear water to drink, you cannot just throw it away. So you let it settle for a while, and clear water will appear. In the same way, we have to convert anger into some kind of energy…

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“When you speak, allow the insight of our collective humanity to speak through you. When you walk, don't walk for yourself alone; walk for…

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Music is moral law. It is the essence of order and leads to all that is good, true and beautiful.

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“There is a twofold liberty, natural (I mean as our nature is now corrupt) and civil or federal. The first is common to man with beasts and other creatures. By this, man, as he stands in relation to man simply, hath liberty to do what he lists; it is a liberty to evil as well as to good. This liberty…

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“But each one of us is guilty insofar as he remained inactive. The guilt of passivity is different. Impotence excuses; no moral law demands a spectacular death. Plato already deemed it a matter of course to go into hiding in desperate times of calamity, and to survive. But passivity knows itself morally guilty of every failure, every neglect to act…

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“not because the moral law enjoins unselfishness, but because, given the society in which they live, it is the way in which their impulses and desires prompt them to act. It is clear that better institutions, better education of the emotions, and a better apportioning of praise and blame, would increase the already considerable extent to which people’s actions further…

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