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No argument, no reasoning, no blame, just understanding. If you understand, and you show that you understand, you can love, and the situation will change.


Thich Nhat Hanh

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THICH NHAT HANH If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will p...
THICH NHAT HANH Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree, but in the hearts of true frie...
THICH NHAT HANH Please don't wait until the doctors tell you that you are going to have a baby to begin to take care...
THICH NHAT HANH Fearlessness is not only possible, it is the ultimate joy. When you touch nonfear, you are free.
THICH NHAT HANH Fear, separation, hate and anger come from the wrong view that you and the Earth are two separate en...
THICH NHAT HANH Never let go of hope. One day you will see that it all has finally come together. What you have alwa...
THICH NHAT HANH No one can practice the precepts perfectly, including the Buddha... Boiled vegetables contain dead b...
THICH NHAT HANH When we have peace, then we have a chance to save the planet. But if we are not united in peace, if ...
THICH NHAT HANH Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition ...
THICH NHAT HANH Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in...
THICH NHAT HANH It is possible to live happily in the here and now. So many conditions of happiness are available—...
THICH NHAT HANH Our inner space and our peace of mind are affected by our outer space.
THICH NHAT HANH We often think of peace as the absence of war, that if powerful countries would reduce their weapon ...
THICH NHAT HANH People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free...
THICH NHAT HANH Let us look at wealth and poverty. The affluent society and the deprived society inter-are. The weal...
THICH NHAT HANH If you want to relax the worry-tightened muscles in your face, let the half smile come to your face....
THICH NHAT HANH Attachment to the false view of self means belief in the presence of unchanging entities which exist...
THICH NHAT HANH failures are not your own self. See to it that you are free from them. Only when you can relinquish ...
THICH NHAT HANH As a Buddhist Sutra hears the voice of the Bodhisattva of compassion: The wondrous voice, the voice ...
THICH NHAT HANH Half-smile when you first wake up in the morning Hang a branch, any other sign, or even the word “...
THICH NHAT HANH Everyday we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green ...
THICH NHAT HANH The raft is used to cross the river. It isn't to be carried around on your shoulders. The finger whi...
THICH NHAT HANH If while washing dishes, we think only of the cup of tea that awaits us, thus hurrying to get the di...
THICH NHAT HANH Nothing can survive without food. Everything we consume acts either to heal us or to poison us. We t...
THICH NHAT HANH Our capacity to make peace with another person and with the world depends very much on our capacity ...
THICH NHAT HANH In a true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
THICH NHAT HANH My teaching is like a finger pointing to the moon. Do not mistake the finger for the moon.
THICH NHAT HANH We have to learn the art of stopping - stopping our thinking, our habit energies, our forgetfulness,...
THICH NHAT HANH Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transce...
THICH NHAT HANH Life is both dreadful and wonderful. To practice meditation is to be in touch with both aspects.
THICH NHAT HANH Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.
THICH NHAT HANH My actions are my only true belongings.
THICH NHAT HANH If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love.
THICH NHAT HANH Smile - It's the second best thing you can do with your lips.
THICH NHAT HANH The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each ste...
THICH NHAT HANH If you can feel that Mother Earth is in you, and you are Mother Earth, then you are not any longer a...
THICH NHAT HANH Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we s...
THICH NHAT HANH