As we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish peace and happiness in those we love.
THICH NHAT HANHAs we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish peace and happiness in those we love.
THICH NHAT HANHWhen you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?
THICH NHAT HANHThe past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.
THICH NHAT HANHWhen you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
THICH NHAT HANHSeek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others will be possible.
THICH NHAT HANHThe way you speak to others can offer them joy, happiness, self-confidence, hope, trust, and enlightenment. Mindful speaking is a deep practice.
THICH NHAT HANHMany people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.
THICH NHAT HANHPeople normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena.
THICH NHAT HANHPeople suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don’t suffer anymore.
THICH NHAT HANHTake my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.
THICH NHAT HANHHappiness is available. Please help yourself to it.
THICH NHAT HANHWithout suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
THICH NHAT HANHTo be loved means to be recognized as existing.
THICH NHAT HANHYou must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
THICH NHAT HANHMost of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
THICH NHAT HANHYou do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.
THICH NHAT HANH