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 HANHGo 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 HANHWhen another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending.
THICH NHAT HANHThe 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 HANHEvery thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.
THICH NHAT HANHFor things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.
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 HANHBecause of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
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 HANHWe have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
THICH NHAT HANHThe way must be in you; the destination also must be in you and not somewhere else in space or time. If that kind of self-transformation is being realized in you, you will arrive.
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 HANHMeditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.
THICH NHAT HANHWithout being peace, we cannot do anything for peace. If we cannot smile, we cannot help other people to smile. If we are not peaceful, then we cannot contribute to the peace movement.
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 HANHHuman beings are not our enemy. Our enemy is not the other person. Our enemy is the violence, ignorance, and injustice in us and in the other person.
THICH NHAT HANHI promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.
THICH NHAT HANH