Quotes by Thich Nhat Hanh

“If you can be aware that you have a living body, and notice when there's tension in your body, that's already an important insight.”

“Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.”

“Many people think excitement is happiness.... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.”

“The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. (21)”

“Through my love for you, I want to express my love for the whole cosmos, the whole of humanity, and all beings. By living with you, I want to learn to love everyone and all species. If I succeed in...”

“If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.”

“By eating meat we share the responsibility of climate change, the destruction of our forests, and the poisoning of our air and water. The simple act of becoming a vegetarian will make a difference ...”

“It is my conviction that there is no way to peace - peace is the way.”

“If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.”

“Please don't wait until the doctors tell you that you are going to have a baby to begin to take care of it. It is already there. Whatever you are, whatever you do, your baby will get it. Anything y...”

“If you do not know how to take care of yourself, and the violence in you, then you will not be able to take care of others. You must have love and patience before you can truly listen to your partn...”

“Ignorance is in each cell of our body and our consciousness. It's like a drop of ink diffused in a glass of water.”

“Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.”

“There is no distinction between means and ends. There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way. There is no way to enlightenment, enlightenment is the way.”

“Without suffering there cannot be happiness. Without mud there cannot be any lotus flowers.”

“This love meditation is adapted from the Visuddhimagga by Buddhaghosa, a 5th century C.E. systematization of the Buddha's teaching. We begin by practicing the love meditation on ourselves ("May I")...”

“New cells are born everyday and old cells die, but they have neither funerals nor birthdays.”

“Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.”

“Peace is present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything we do and see. Every breath we take, every step we take, can be filled with peace, joy, and serenity. The question is whether or ...”

“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 humankind.”