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Nhat Hanh Quotes - Page 2

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Only the present moment contains life.

Only the present moment contains life.

Mindfulness, Moments, Peace Is Every Step

Thich Nhat Hanh (2009). “Happiness (EasyRead Edition)”, p.35, ReadHowYouWant.com

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

Buddhist, Attitude, Positivity

FaceBook post by Thich Nhat Hanh from Oct 23, 2014

People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle.

Motivational, Buddhist, Children

The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.

Faith, Miracle, Alive

I think, therefore I am ... not here.

Inspiring, Thinking, Influential

Thich Nhat Hanh, Sherab Chodzin Kohn (2012). “You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment”, p.32, Shambhala Publications

There is the mud, and there is the lotus that grows out of the mud. We need the mud in order to make the lotus.

Order, Lotuses, Needs

"Oprah Talks to Thich Nhat Hanh". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. March, 2010.

If you think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive.

Happiness, Running, Peace

Thich Nhat Hanh, Nguyen Anh-Huong (2006). “Walking Meditation”, p.11, Sounds True

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

Anchors, Walking Meditation, Sky

Twitter post from Jan 05, 2016

Many people think excitement is happiness.... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.

Happiness, Peace, Buddhism

This is a very important practice. Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself. When you are carried away with your worries, fears, cravings, anger, and desire, you run away from yourself and you lose yourself. The practice is always to go back to oneself.

Running, Anger, Practice

Thich Nhat Hanh (2013). “Going Home”, p.38, Random House

When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with our friends or family, we blame the other person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will grow well, like the lettuce. Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and arguments. That is my experience. No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding.

Love, Meaningful, Positive Thinking

Human 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. When we are armed with compassion and understanding, we fight not against other people, but against the tendency to invade, to dominate, and to exploit.

Ignorance, Fighting, Compassion

Thich Nhat Hanh (2001). “Anger”, p.130, Penguin

You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.

Positive Thinking, Deep Love, Way

Thich Nhat Hanh, Sherab Chodzin Kohn (2011). “True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart”, p.4, Shambhala Publications

Some people live as though they are already dead. There are people moving around us who are consumed by their past, terrified of their future, and stuck in their anger and jealousy. They are not alive; they are just walking corpses.

Moving, Past, People

Thich Nhat Hanh, Sherab Chodzin Kohn (2012). “You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment”, p.8, Shambhala Publications

Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.

Thinking, Hands, Arriving

Thich Nhat Hanh (2013). “Call Me by My True Names: The Collected Poems”, p.194, Parallax Press

When 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.

Peace, Buddhist, Truth

Thich Nhat Hanh (2015). “The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation”, p.196, Harmony

Silence is essential for deep transformation. It allows the practice of conscious breathing to become deep and effective. Like still water that reflects things as they are, the calming silence helps us to see things more clearly, and therefore, to be in deeper contact with ourselves and those around us.

Practice, Breathing, Water

Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it.

Helping, Help Yourself, Please

Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Being Peace”, p.38, ReadHowYouWant.com

Today is the most important day of our lives.

Important, Mediocrity, Today

Thich Nhat Hanh (2006). “A Pebble for Your Pocket”, p.23, Parallax Press

For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.

Views, Needs, Abandon

Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Being Peace”, p.50, ReadHowYouWant.com

I have arrived. I am home. My destination is in each step.

Home, Steps, Destination

We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don't allow our bodies to heal, and we don't allow our minds and hearts to heal.

Inspirational, Life, Change

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

May our heart's garden of awakening bloom with hundreds of flowers.

Flower, Heart, Garden

Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “The Energy of Prayer: How to Deepen Your Spiritual Practice: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.104, ReadHowYouWant.com

What you are looking for is already in you...You already are everything you are seeking.

Seeking

Thich Nhat Hanh, Sherab Chodzin Kohn (2012). “You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment”, p.103, Shambhala Publications

Happiness reveals itself when we are at peace with ourselves.

Motivational

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