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 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 HANHLive your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself.
THICH NHAT HANHSmile, breathe and go slowly.
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 HANHSilence 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 do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.
THICH NHAT HANHLetting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
THICH NHAT HANHEvery thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.
THICH NHAT HANHThere is the mud, and there is the lotus that grows out of the mud. We need the mud in order to make the lotus.
THICH NHAT HANHMany people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.
THICH NHAT HANHBecause you are alive, everything is possible.
THICH NHAT HANHAnxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.
THICH NHAT HANHBe Yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle. Just Be.
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 HANHAs we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish peace and happiness in those we love.
THICH NHAT HANHWhen you learn how to suffer, you suffer much less.
THICH NHAT HANH