Nhat Hanh Quotes

Whether we are in the city, the countryside, or the wilderness, we need to sustain ourselves by choosing our surroundings carefully and nourishing our awareness in each moment.

Practicing mindfulness enables us to become a real person. When we are a real person, we see real people around us, and life is present in all its richness.

We all exist as part of a wonderful stream of life.

Since we cling to our hope in the future, we do not focus our energies and capabilities on the present moment

I am a continuation like the rain is the continuation of the cloud.

Things cannot stay the same because they are influenced by everything else, everything that is not itself.

Just because we do not perceive something, it is not correct to say it does not exist.

Emptiness is not the opposite of existence. It is not nothingness or annihilation.

Direct experience is the only way.

Nourish yourself every day with the wonderful things that life has to offer you. Nourish yourself in the present moment. Walk in the kingdom of God.

We can only accept teachings that we have put into practice with our own awakened understanding and that we can see with our own experience to be true.

Don't chase after your thoughts as a shadow follows its object. Don't run after your thoughts. Find joy and peace in this very moment .

The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. The most important person is always the person you are with, who is right before you,

While practicing mindfulness, don't be dominated by the distinction between good and evil, thus creating a battle within oneself.

A person who looks at the table and can see the universe is a person who can see the way.

Whatever the tasks, do them slowly and with ease, in mindfulness. Don't do any task in order to get it over with. Resolve to do each job in a relaxed way, with all your attention.

To take hold of your mind, you must practice mindfulness of the mind. You must know how to observe and recognize the presence of every feeling and thought which arises in you.

Now I see that if one doesn't know how to die, one can hardly know how to live - because deathis a part of life.

[A]ll the methods in the search for truth should be looked on as means rather than as ends in themselves or as absolute truth.

Live the actual moment. Only this actual moment is life.

Equanimity means to let go, not to abandon.

When mindfulness is present, the Buddha and the Holy Spirit are already there,

Do not lose yourself in the past. Do not lose yourself in the future. Do not get caught in your anger, worries, or fears. Come back to the present moment, and touch life deeply. This is mindfulness.

The energy of mindfulness has the element of friendship and loving kindness in it.

Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child - our own two eyes. All is a miracle.

Meditation is to be aware of what is going on: in your body, in your feelings, in your mind, and in the world.

If you have mindfulness, if you feel safe, you recognize that you have plenty of conditions to be happy already, and that you don't need to run into the future in order to get a few more conditions.

If I don't understand you, I may be angry at you, all the time. We are not capable of understanding each other, and that is the main source of human suffering.

The son needs the father to have access to his source, and the father needs the son to have access to the future and the infinite.

Treat your anger with the utmost respect and tenderness, for it is no other than yourself.

I have lost my smile, but don't worry.The dandelion has it.

Love has no meaning without understanding

There is nowhere to arrive except the present moment.

We can't wait to be happy until we remove one hundred percent of suffering. That moment will never exist.

drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it as the axis on which the world revolves

The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth in the present moment.

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 all buddhas.

Dear friends, do you know that you are lucky people? You don't have any cows to lose.

Our inner space and our peace of mind are affected by our outer space.

True love always brings joy to ourself and to the one we love. If our love does not bring joy to both of us it is not true love.

You know that your happiness and suffering depend on the happiness and suffering of others. That insight helps you not to do wrong things that will bring suffering to yourself and to other people.

When you learn about the teaching and the practice of another tradition, you always have a chance to understand your own teaching and practice.

When we recognise the virtues, the talent, the beauty of Mother Earth, something is born in us, some kind of connection, love is born.

Freedom is not given to us by anyone we have to cultivate it ourselves. It is a daily practice... No one can prevent you from being aware of each step you take or each breath in and breath out.