Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it.
THICH NHAT HANHWhen we change our daily lives – the way we think, speak and act – we change the world.
More Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
-
-
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
THICH NHAT HANH -
Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.
THICH NHAT HANH -
When we change our daily lives – the way we think, speak and act – we change the world.
THICH NHAT HANH -
Many people think excitement is happiness. But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.
THICH NHAT HANH -
When you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
THICH NHAT HANH -
The moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting others.
THICH NHAT HANH -
The source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding.
THICH NHAT HANH -
Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
THICH NHAT HANH -
People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena.
THICH NHAT HANH -
Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.
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 -
Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
THICH NHAT HANH -
The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.
THICH NHAT HANH -
Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.
THICH NHAT HANH -
Enlightenment 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 HANH