When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?
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 HANHWe can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that is available.
THICH NHAT HANHReal love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions.
THICH NHAT HANHAnxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.
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 HANHThere is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.
THICH NHAT HANHEvery thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.
THICH NHAT HANHEvery word, every look, every action, and every smile can bring happiness to others.
THICH NHAT HANHIf you think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive.
THICH NHAT HANHIn true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
THICH NHAT HANHThe Seven Factors of Awakening are mindfulness, investigation of phenomena, diligence, joy, ease, concentration, and letting go.
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 HANHFear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future.
THICH NHAT HANHNonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.
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.
THICH NHAT HANHSometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
THICH NHAT HANH