In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
THICH NHAT HANHIn true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
THICH NHAT HANHTo think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.
THICH NHAT HANHSeek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others will be possible.
THICH NHAT HANHTo be loved means to be recognized as existing.
THICH NHAT HANHReal love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions.
THICH NHAT HANHPeople 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 HANHThe greatest of all miracles is to be alive.
THICH NHAT HANHIf we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.
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 HANHEnlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive – that you can touch the miracle of being alive – then that is a kind of enlightenment.
THICH NHAT HANHBirth 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 HANHA true partner or friend is one who encourages you to look deep inside yourself for the beauty and love you’ve been seeking.
THICH NHAT HANHI have arrived. I am home. My destination is in each step.
THICH NHAT HANHThe quality of our life depends on the quality of the seeds that lie deep in our consciousness.
THICH NHAT HANHHappiness is available. Please help yourself to it.
THICH NHAT HANHPeople normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena.
THICH NHAT HANH