Nhat Hanh Quotes About Helping Others

Quotes about: Helping Others

• The source of love is deep in us and we can help others realize a lot of happiness. One word, one action, one thought can reduce another person’s suffering and bring that person joy.

  Nhat Hanh

  Helping Others, Love Is, Deep Love

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2005). “Wisdom from Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life”, p.68, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

• The essence of love and compassion is understanding, the ability to recognize the physical, material, and psychological suffering of others, to put ourselves "inside the skin" of the other. We "go inside" their body, feelings, and mental formations, and witness for ourselves their suffering. Shallow observation as an outsider is not enough to see their suffering. We must become one with the subject of our observation. When we are in contact with another's suffering, a feeling of compassion is born in us. Compassion means, literally, "to suffer with."

  Nhat Hanh

  Love, Buddhist, Mean

• Without being peace, we cannot do anything for peace. If we cannot smile, we cannot help other people to smile. If we are not peaceful, then we cannot contribute to the peace movement.

  Nhat Hanh

  Helping Others, People, Peaceful

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Being Peace”, p.95, ReadHowYouWant.com

• Recognize that it is not really possible to steadily help others when we ourselves are not in good physical, mental, or emotional state. We may be able to carry on for a while, but sooner or later we end up feeling depleted, discouraged, or weak. We cannot keep on giving when we are running on an empty tank. We need to be solid.

  Nhat Hanh

  Motivational, Running, Emotional

• If we can not smile, we cannot help other people to smile.

  Nhat Hanh

  Helping Others, People, Can Not

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Being Peace: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.113, ReadHowYouWant.com

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