Nhat Hanh quotes

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today. (Nhat Hanh)
People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
Nhat Hanh
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
Nhat Hanh
The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.
Nhat Hanh
Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive-that you can touch the miracle of being alive-then that is a kind of enlightenment.
Nhat Hanh
If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile and blossom like a flower, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace.
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We have to continue to learn. We have to be open. And we have to be ready to release our knowledge in order to come to a higher understanding of reality.
Nhat Hanh
It is possible to live happily in the here and now. So many conditions of happiness are available-more than enough for you to be happy right now. You don't have to run into the future in order to get more.
Nhat Hanh
Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
Nhat Hanh
There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.
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Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos - the trees, the clouds, everything. (Nhat Hanh)
The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.
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If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people.
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Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. Whenever your mind becomes scattered, use your breath as the means to take hold of your mind again.
Nhat Hanh
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.
Nhat Hanh
If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.
Nhat Hanh
Many people are alive but don't touch the miracle of being alive.
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Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. It is a daily practice... No one can prevent you from being aware of each step you take or each breath in and breath out.
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We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
Nhat Hanh
To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.
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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. (Nhat Hanh)
Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.
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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.
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In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
Nhat Hanh
Each moment is a chance for us to make peace with the world, to make peace possible for the world, to make happiness possible for the world.
Nhat Hanh