Nhat Hanh Quotes about Water

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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

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.

Nhat Hanh

Practice, Breathing, Water

Enlightenment, peace, and joy will not be granted by someone else. The well is within us, And if we dig deeply in the present moment, The water will spring forth.

Nhat Hanh

Motivational, Spring, Water

Thich Nhat Hanh, Lilian Cheung (2010). “Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life”, p.18, Harper Collins

In our consciousness, there are many negative seeds and also many positive seeds. The practice is to avoid watering the negative seeds, and to identify and water the positive seeds every day.

Nhat Hanh

Practice, Water, Negative

Thich Nhat Hanh (2001). “Anger”, p.75, Penguin

The wave does not need to die to become water. She is already water.

Nhat Hanh

Inspiring, Water, Lovely

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

Enlightenment for a wave is the moment the wave realizes it is water. At that moment, all fear of death disappears.

Nhat Hanh

Healing, Water, Enlightenment

Thich Nhat Hanh (2007). “Living Buddha, Living Christ 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.138, Penguin

Everything inside and around us wants to reflect itself in us. We don't have to go anywhere to obtain the truth. We only need to be still and things will reveal themselves in the still water of our heart.

Nhat Hanh

Heart, Water, Needs

Thich Nhat Hanh (2005). “Touching Peace: Practicing the Art of Mindful Living”, p.18, Parallax Press

The practice of Zen is to eat, breathe, cook, carry water, and scrub the toilet — to infuse every act of body, speech, and mind — with mindfulness, to illuminate every leaf and pebble, every heap of garbage, every path that leads to our mind's return home.

Nhat Hanh

Home, Practice, Water

Thich Nhat Hanh (1999). “Fragrant Palm Leaves: Journals, 1962-1966”, p.69, Penguin

The true miracle is not walking on water or walking in air, but simply walking on this earth.

Nhat Hanh

Nature, Air, Water

In us, there is a river of feelings, in which every drop of water is a different feeling, and each feeling relies on all the others for its existence. To observe it, we just sit on the bank of the river and identify each feeling as it surfaces, flows by, and disappears.

Nhat Hanh

Rivers, Water, Feelings

Joseph Emet, Thich Nhat Hanh (2015). “Mindfulness Meditation: For a Quieter Mind, Self-Awareness and Healthy Living”, p.48, Souvenir Press

To live in the present moment is a miracle. The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green Earth in the present moment, to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now.

Nhat Hanh

Time, Appreciate, Water

Thich Nhat Hanh (2005). “Touching Peace: Practicing the Art of Mindful Living”, p.1, Parallax Press