Nhat Hanh Quotes About Animals

Quotes about: Animals

• In every country in the world, killing human beings is condemned. The Buddhist precept of non-killing extends even further, to include all living beings.

  Nhat Hanh

  Country, Buddhist, Animal

• Harm no person, animal, plant or mineral.

  Nhat Hanh

  Animal, Plant, Minerals

• What we most need to do is to hear within us the sound of the Earth crying.

  Nhat Hanh

  Nature, Animal, Sound

  Thich Nhat Hanh, John Stanley, David Loy, Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim (2013). “Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth”, p.245, The Golden Sufi Center

• Aware of the suffering caused by the destruction of life, I am committed to cultivating compassion and learning ways to protect the lives of people, animals, plants, and minerals. I am determined not to kill, not to let others kill, and not to support any act of killing in the world, in my thinking, and in my way of life.

  Nhat Hanh

  Buddhist, Animal, Thinking

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2005). “Touching Peace: Practicing the Art of Mindful Living”, p.82, Parallax Press

• We must look deeply. When we buy something or consume something, we may be participating in an act of killing. This precept [non-killing] reflects our determination not to kill, either directly or indirectly, and also to prevent others from killing.

  Nhat Hanh

  Determination, Animal, Looks

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