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Nhat Hanh Quotes - Page 15

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Artists have to show us what is not going well within the person and within the society, not try to cover it up.

Artists have to show us what is not going well within the person and within the society, not try to cover it up.

Artist, Trying, Revelations

What we most need to do is to hear within us the sound of the Earth crying.

Nature, Animal, Sound

Thich Nhat Hanh, John Stanley, David Loy, Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim (2013). “Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth”, p.245, The Golden Sufi Center

When you look deeply into your anger, you will see that the person you call your enemy is also suffering. As soon as you see that, the capacity of accepting and having compassion for them is there.

Compassion, Enemy, Suffering

Thich Nhat Hanh (2007). “Living Buddha, Living Christ 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.78, Penguin

Words and thoughts concerning compassionate action that are not put into practice are like beautiful flowers that are colorful but have no fragrance.

Beautiful, Flower, Practice

Thich Nhat Hanh (2003). “Creating True Peace: Ending Violence in Yourself, Your Family, Your Community, and the World”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

Anger and hatred are the materials from which hell is made.

Anger, Hatred, Hell

Thich Nhat Hanh (2005). “Wisdom from Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life”, p.48, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.

Strong, Buddhist, Philosophy

Thich Nhat Hanh “Thich Nhat Hanh: Essential Writings”, Orbis Books

Whenever anger comes up, take out a mirror and look at yourself. When you are angry, you are not very beautiful.

Beautiful, Anger, Mirrors

Thich Nhat Hanh (2001). “Anger”, p.28, Penguin

As a human being, you have the right to get angry; but as a practitioner, you do not have the right to stop practicing.

Practice, Humans, Angry

Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Be Free Where You Are: A Talk Given at the Maryland Correctional Institute: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.54, ReadHowYouWant.com

Smile, breathe, go slowly.

Inspirational, Breathe

Each second of life is a miracle

Miracle, Life Is

Thich Nhat Hanh (2016). “At Home in the World: Stories and Essential Teachings from a Monk's Life”, p.35, Parallax Press

Just breathing and smiling can make us very happy, because when we breathe consciously we recover ourselves completely and encounter life in the present moment.

Smile, Breathing, Encounters

Reality is reality. It transcends every concept. There is no concept which can adequately describe it, not even the concept of interdependence.

Reality, Interdependence, Concepts

Thich Nhat Hanh (2016). “The Miracle of Mindfulness, Gift Edition”, p.56, Beacon Press

The fact is that when you make the other suffer, he will try to find relief by making you suffer more. The result is an escalation of suffering on both sides.

Suffering, Trying, Relief

Thich Nhat Hanh (2001). “Anger”, p.25, Penguin

If every day you practice walking and sitting meditation and generate the energy of mindfulness and concentration and peace, you are a cell in the body of the new Buddha. This is not a dream but is possible today and tomorrow.

Dream, Cells, Practice

"Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh: only love can save us from climate change". Interview with Jo Confino, www.theguardian.com. January 21, 2013.

You have two gardens: your own garden and that of your beloved. First, you have to take care of your own garden and master the art of gardening. In each one of us there are flowers and there is also garbage. The garbage is the anger, fear, discrimination, and jealousy within us. If you water the garbage, you will strengthen the negative seeds. If you water the flowers of compassion, understanding, and love, you will strengthen the positive seeds. What you grow is up to you.

Art, Buddhist, Flower

When you enter deeply into this moment, you see the nature of reality, and this insight liberates you from suffering and confusion. Peace is already there to some extent: the problem is whether we know how to touch it.

Peace, Nature, Reality

Nhất Hạnh (Thích.), Thich Nhat Hanh (1997). “Living Buddha, Living Christ”, Riverhead Trade (Paperbacks)

The way we live our daily lives is what most effects the situation of the world. If we can change our daily lives, then we can change our governments and can change the world. Our president and governments are us. They reflect our lifestyle and our way of thinking. The way we hold a cup of tea, pick up the newspaper or even use toilet paper are directly related to peace.

Peace, Thinking, Government

Wisdom is a living stream, not an icon to be preserved in a museum. Only when a practitioner finds the spring of wisdom in his or her own life can it flow to a future generation

Spring, Healing, Museums

Thich Nhat Hanh (2006). “The Sun My Heart”, p.1, Parallax Press

You carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment. In that insight of inter-being, it is possible to have real communication with the Earth, which is the highest form of prayer.

Inspirational, Life, Change

If you establish serenity and happiness inside yourself, you provide the world with a solid base of peace. If you do not give yourself peace, how can you share it with others? If you do not begin your peace work with yourself, where will you go to begin it?

Happiness, Giving, Serenity

Thich Nhat Hanh (2012). “Awakening of the Heart: Essential Buddhist Sutras and Commentaries”, p.440, Parallax Press

The purpose of a vacation is to have the time to rest. But many of us, even when we go on vacation, don't know how to rest. We may even come back more tired than before we left.

Tired, Vacation, Purpose

"Exclusive Interview With Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh". Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 21, 2010.

Life has left her footprints on my forehead. But I have become a child again this morning. The smile, seen through leaves and flowers, is back to smooth away the wrinkles, as the rains wipe away footprints on the beach. Again a cycle of birth and death begins.

Beauty, Beach, Morning

Thich Nhat Hanh (2013). “Call Me by My True Names: The Collected Poems”, p.5, Parallax Press

Forgiveness will not be possible until compassion is born in your heart.

Forgiveness, Letting Go, Heart

But if we have the energy of compassion and loving kindness in us, the people around us will be influenced by our way of being and living.

Kindness, Compassion, People

No single tradition monopolizes the truth. We must glean the best values of all traditions and work together to remove the tensions between traditions in order to give peace a chance.

Order, Giving, Diversity

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