People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?
THICH NHAT HANHWhen we change our daily lives – the way we think, speak and act – we change the world.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
-
-
Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.
THICH NHAT HANH -
People 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 HANH -
Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos – the trees, the clouds, everything.
THICH NHAT HANH -
You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.
THICH NHAT HANH -
Real love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions.
THICH NHAT HANH -
Go back and take care of yourself. Your body needs you, your feelings need you, your perceptions need you. Your suffering needs you to acknowledge it. Go home and be there for all these things.
THICH NHAT HANH -
Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.
THICH NHAT HANH -
Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
THICH NHAT HANH -
Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.
THICH NHAT HANH -
To be loved means to be recognized as existing.
THICH NHAT HANH -
In the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change.
THICH NHAT HANH -
Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.
THICH NHAT HANH -
Every word, every look, every action, and every smile can bring happiness to others.
THICH NHAT HANH -
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
THICH NHAT HANH -
When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?
THICH NHAT HANH