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Nhat Hanh Quotes about Compassion

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No one is more worthy of your kindness and compassion than you are.

No one is more worthy of your kindness and compassion than you are.

Kindness, Compassion, Worthy

Thich Nhat Hanh (2004). “Creating True Peace: Ending Violence in Yourself, Your Family, Your Community, and the World”, p.41, Simon and Schuster

In the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change.

Compassion, Our World, Looks

"Building a Community of Love: bell hooks and Thich Nhat Hanh". Interview with Bell Hooks, www.lionsroar.com. March 24, 2017.

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

To develop understanding, you have to practice looking at all living things with the eyes of compassion.

Eye, Compassion, Practice

Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person. You can call it compassionate listening. You listen with only one purpose: to help him or her to empty his heart. Even if he says things that are full of wrong perceptions, full of bitterness, you are still capable of continuing to listen with compassion. Because you know that listening like that, you give that person a chance to suffer less.

Heart, Compassion, Giving

Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com.

When your mind is liberated, your heart floods with compassion.

Heart, Compassion, Mind

Thich Nhat Hanh (2016). “The Miracle of Mindfulness, Gift Edition”, p.58, Beacon Press

We can help many people suffer less and realize a lot of happiness without being rich or influential. If love and compassion are in out hearts, every thought, word, and deed can bring about a miracle

Happiness, Heart, Compassion

Thich Nhat Hanh (2012). “Awakening of the Heart: Essential Buddhist Sutras and Commentaries”, p.163, Parallax Press

In every one of us there are good seeds and bad. We have the seed of brotherhood, love, compassion, insight. But we have also the seed of anger, hate, dissent.

Hate, Compassion, Brotherhood

Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com.

The more we see, the more we understand. The more we understand, the easier it is for us to have compassion and love. Understanding is the source of love. Understanding is love itself. Understanding is another name for love; love is another name for understanding.

Love Is, Compassion, Names

Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Being Peace: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.157, ReadHowYouWant.com

Those who are without compassion cannot see what is seen with the eyes of compassion.

Eye, Compassion

Thich Nhat Hanh (2016). “The Miracle of Mindfulness, Gift Edition”, p.105, Beacon Press

When we come into contact with the other person, our thoughts and actions should express our mind of compassion, even if that person says and does things that are not easy to accept. We practice in this way until we see clearly that our love is not contingent upon the other person being lovable.

Love, Buddhist, Compassion

Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Transformation and Healing”, p.67, ReadHowYouWant.com

The nectar of compassion is so wonderful. If you are committed to keeping it alive, then you are protected. What the other person says will not touch off the anger and irritation in you, because compassion is the real antidote to anger. Nothing can heal anger except compassion. That is why the practice of compassion is a very wonderful practice.

Real, Compassion, Practice

Thich Nhat Hanh (2001). “Anger”, p.85, Penguin

Meditation is to get insight, to get understanding and compassion, and when you have them, you are compelled to act.

Compassion, Meditation, Understanding

"Burma's Monks: Already a Success". content.time.com. October 12, 2007.

The energy of compassion is very strong. We suffer. That is real. But we have learned not to get angry and not to allow ourselves to be carried by anger. We realize right away that that is fear. That is corruption.

Strong, Real, Compassion

If we take the time to look deeply, we see that understanding and compassion arise from suffering. Understanding is the understanding of suffering, and compassion is the kind of energy that can transform suffering. If suffering is not there, we have no means to cultivate our understanding and our compassion. This is something quite simple to see

Mean, Simple, Compassion

If you suffer and make your loved ones suffer, there is nothing that can justify your desire.

Peace, Truth, Compassion

A bodhisattva is someone who has compassion within himself or herself and who is able to make another person smile or help someone suffer less. Every one of us is capable of this.

Compassion, Suffering, Able

Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Be Free Where You Are: A Talk Given at the Maryland Correctional Institute: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition”, p.42, ReadHowYouWant.com

Let us fill our hearts with our own compassion - towards ourselves and towards all living beings.

Heart, Compassion

If you are motivated by loving kindness and compassion, there are many ways to bring happiness to others right now, starting with kind speech.

Kindness, Compassion, Speech

Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “For a Future to Be Possible: Easyread Edition”, p.39, ReadHowYouWant.com

Anger is the energy that people use in order to act. But when you are angry, you are not lucid, and you might do wrong things. That is why compassion is a better energy.

Compassion, Order, People

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

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

To love our enemy is impossible. The moment we understand our enemy, we feel compassion towards him/her, and he/she is no longer our enemy.

Compassion, Enemy, Impossible

The teachings on love given by the Buddha are clear, scientific, and applicable... Love, compassion, joy, and equanimity are the very nature of an enlightened person. They are the four aspects of true love within ourselves and within everyone and everything.

Teaching, Compassion, Joy

The more compassionate you are, the more generous you can be. The more generous you are, the move loving friendliness you cultivate to help the world.

Moving, Compassion, World

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