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Nhat Hanh Quotes about Inspirational

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The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.

The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.

Love, Inspirational, Life

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

Inspirational, Beauty, Beautiful

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.

When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?

Inspirational, Deep Love, Loving Someone

"Which Parent Are You? Become More Present In 3 Steps" by Hunter Clarke-Fields, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 9, 2016.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

"3 Things You Can Do to Improve Your Mood in 2 Minutes" by Daniela Tempesta, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 18, 2013.

True self is non-self, the awareness that the self is made only of non-self elements. There's no separation between self and other, and everything is interconnected. Once you are aware of that you are no longer caught in the idea that you are a separate entity.

Inspirational, Life, Change

"'This Is The Buddha's Love' Melvin McLeod interviews Thich Nhat Hanh". Interview with Melvin McLeod, www.pbs.org. June 3, 2010.

People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don't suffer anymore.

Inspirational, Life, Change

Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. March, 2010.

In order to heal others, we first need to heal ourselves. And to heal ourselves, we need to know how to deal with ourselves.

Inspirational, Life, Change

Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.

Inspirational, Life, Change

Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. March, 2010.

You are me, and I am you. Isn't it obvious that we "inter-are"? You cultivate the flower in yourself, so that I will be beautiful. I transform the garbage in myself, so that you will not have to suffer.

Inspirational, Beautiful, Flower

Thich Nhat Hanh (2013). “Call Me by My True Names: The Collected Poems”, p.154, Parallax Press

Only your compassion and your loving kindness are invincible, and without limit.

Love, Inspirational, Kindness

Nhá̂t Hạnh (Thích.), Thich Nhat Hanh, Anh Huong Nguyen (1992). “The Diamond that Cuts Through Illusion: Commentaries on the Prajñaparamita Diamond Sutra”, Parallax Pr

We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we'll also have a lot more joy in living.

Inspirational, Life, Change

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

You cannot transmit wisdom and insight to another person. The seed is already there. A good teacher touches the seed, allowing it to wake up, to sprout, and to grow.

Inspirational, Teacher, Wake Up

Thich Nhat Hanh (2011). “Planting Seeds: Practicing Mindfulness with Children”, p.15, Parallax Press

Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones.

Inspirational, Life, Change

Thich Nhat Hanh (2012). “Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm”, p.4, Harper Collins

Meditation can help us embrace our worries, our fear, our anger; and that is very healing. We let our own natural capacity of healing do the work.

Inspirational, Life, Change

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

Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.

Inspirational, Time, Tea Drinking

Thich Nhat Hanh (2016). “The Miracle of Mindfulness, Gift Edition”, p.29, Beacon Press

Smile, breathe and go slowly.

Inspirational, Life, Positivity

Smile, breathe, go slowly.

Inspirational, Breathe

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 truly get in touch with a piece of carrot, you get in touch with the soil, the rain, the sunshine. You get in touch with Mother Earth and eating in such a way, you feel in touch with true life, your roots, and that is meditation. If we chew every morsel of our food in that way we become grateful and when you are grateful, you are happy.

Inspirational, Life, Change

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

Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity.

Inspirational, Life, Change

Thich Nhat Hanh (2010). “Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life”, p.5, Random House

In the Light of interbeing, peace and happiness in your daily life means peace and happiness in the world.

Inspirational, Life, Positive

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

Changing is not just changing the things outside of us. First of all we need the right view that transcends all notions including of being and non-being, creator and creature, mind and spirit. That kind of insight is crucial for transformation and healing.

Inspirational, Life, Change

Beyond environment: falling back in love with Mother Earth" by Jo Confino, www.theguardian.com. February 20, 2012.

If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love.

Love, Inspirational, Buddhist

Thich Nhat Hanh (2010). “Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life”, p.80, Random House

It's very important that we re-learn the art of resting and relaxing. Not only does it help prevent the onset of many illnesses that develop through chronic tension and worrying; it allows us to clear our minds, focus, and find creative solutions to problems.

Inspirational, Life, Change

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

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