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 HANHYou cannot transmit wisdom and insight to another person. The seed is already there. A good teacher touches the seed, allowing it to wake up, to sprout, and to grow.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
-
-
In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
THICH NHAT HANH -
Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.
THICH NHAT HANH -
Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.
THICH NHAT HANH -
Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself.
THICH NHAT HANH -
Real love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions.
THICH NHAT HANH -
When you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
THICH NHAT HANH -
Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.
THICH NHAT HANH -
To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.
THICH NHAT HANH -
As long as you find something beautiful, good, and true to believe in and abide by, you have the equivalent of God in your life.
THICH NHAT HANH -
What you are looking for is already in you. You already are everything you are seeking.
THICH NHAT HANH -
Be part of the miraculous moment.
THICH NHAT HANH -
The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
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 we change our daily lives – the way we think, speak and act – we change the world.
THICH NHAT HANH -
The desire to be a free person is very worthwhile. To be free means you are no longer the victim of fear, anger, craving, or suspicion.
THICH NHAT HANH