Quotes from Thich Nhat Hanh

Perhaps, in their lives, they had a lot of suffering and didn't have many opportunities for joy. In you, they have this opportunity.

A human being is made up of only non-human elements.

This body is not me; I am not caught in this body. I am life without boundaries. My nature is the nature of no birth and no death.

whether it is food, sensual pleasures, money, a relationship, social status, or success. But so long as we have the energy of craving in us, we're never satisfied with what we have and with who we are right now, and true happiness is not possible.

We do not produce mindfulness to chase away or fight our anger but to take good care of it.

Our suffering is impermanent, and that is why we can transform it. And

Beauty and goodness are there in each of us. A true spiritual partner is one who encourages you to look deep inside yourself for the beauty and love you've been seeking. A true teacher is someone who helps you discover the teacher in yourself.

Although there may be ten thousand different forms of the Buddhist teachings, the different schools and different systems are merely different faces of the one reality.

Remember the words of the Buddha, "The past no longer exists, and the future is not here yet." The only moment in which you can be truly alive is the present moment. The present moment is the destination, the point to arrive at. Every time you breathe in and take a step, you arrive: "Breathing in, I arrive. Breathing out, I arrive.

Beginning anew" means being determined not to repeat the negative things we have done in the past. A new era begins when we commit ourselves to living in mindfulness. When we vow to ourselves, "I am determined not to behave as I did in the past," transformation occurs immediately.

You are more capable of helping yourself if you treat yourself with compassion and a loving heart.

which can be translated as loving-kindness or benevolence. Loving-kindness is not only the desire to make someone happy, to bring joy to a beloved person; it is the ability to bring joy and happiness to the person you love, because even if your intention is to love this person, your love might make him or her suffer.

We may not be cows or buffalo, but we ruminate just the same on our thoughts—unfortunately, primarily negative thoughts. We eat them, and then we bring them up to chew again and again, like a cow chewing its cud.

We may spend our lives chasing after wealth, status, influence, and sensual pleasures, thinking they will improve the quality of our life. And yet we end up not having any time left to live.

if we face unpleasant feelings with care, affection, we can transform them to the kind that is healthy and that nourishes us.

Happiness is a habit. It's

Dwell peacefully in your in-breath and out-breath in the present moment. When the emotion is too strong and the breathing isn't enough to get you to stop and relax, go out and walk. Focus on your footsteps to help your mind stop. Don't let your mind carry you away with thinking, judgments, irritation, strong feelings, or projects. Come back to the present moment, stop, and relax.

We transmit our thoughts, speech and actions - collectively known as our karma to our children and to the world, that is our future.

If we go deeply into theology, the same is true of God. It is an error to say: "God is," and it is also an error to say: "God is not." "Is" and "is not" are ideas that come from our mind, and cannot be applied to the wonderful, absolute truth.

BÆ°á»›c Ä'i trên m?t ??t Ä'ã là má»™t phép l?.

Merit or fortune is created by the individual; it does not come about by accident or chance.

If we pollute the water and air, the vegetables and minerals, we destroy ourselves. We have to learn to see ourselves in things that we thought were outside of ourselves in order to dissolve false boundaries.

Right View cannot be described. We can only point in the correct direction.

To abandon the present in order to look for things in the future is to throw away the substance and hold onto the shadow.