Nhat Hanh Quotes - Page 4

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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 more clearly, and therefore, to be in deeper contact with ourselves and those around us.

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  Practice, Breathing, Water

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• It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not.

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  Suffering, Impermanence, Permanent

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2015). “The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation”, p.132, Harmony

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• Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness

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  Happiness, Letting Go, Anger

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2015). “The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation”, p.78, Harmony

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• Often we tell ourselves, "Don't just sit there, do something!" But when we practice awareness, we discover that the opposite may be more helpful: "Don't just do something, sit there!"

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  Opposites, Practice, May

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2011). “Making Space: Creating a Home Meditation Practice”, p.16, Parallax Press

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• At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it.

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  Spiritual, Yoga, Choices

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• Anxiety is the illness of our age. We worry about ourselves, our family, our friends, our work, and our state of the world. If we allow worry to fill our hearts, sooner or later we will get sick.

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  Peace, Heart, Sick

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2015). “The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation”, p.154, Harmony

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• I will practice coming back to the present moment...not letting regrets and sorrow drag me back into the past or letting anxieties, fears, or cravings pull me out.

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  Regret, Past, Practice

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• To meditate with mindful breathing is to bring body and mind back to the present moment so that you do not miss your appointment with life.

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  Life, Breathing, Meditation

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• 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.

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  Life, Happiness, Success

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Being Peace”, p.4, ReadHowYouWant.com

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

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  Understanding, Blame, Argument

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Being Peace”, p.131, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• A flower is not a flower. It is made only of non-flower elements - sunshine, clouds, time, space, earth, minerals, gardeners, and so on. A true flower contains the whole universe. If we return any one of these non-flower elements to its source, there will be no flower.

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  Flower, Sunshine, Clouds

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2015). “The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation”, p.129, Harmony

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• To meditate means to go home to yourself. Then you know how to take care of the things that are happening inside you, and you know how to take care of the things that happen around you.

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  Home, Mean, Care

  ""This Is The Buddha's Love" Melvin McLeod interviews Thich Nhat Hanh". Interview with Melvin McLeod, www.pbs.org. June 3, 2010.

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• The desire to be a free person is very worthwhile. To be free means you are no longer the victim of fear, anger, craving, or suspicion.

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  Fear, Anger, Mean

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2009). “Calming the Fearful Mind: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.58, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Mindfulness is the miracle by which we master and restore ourselves.

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  Healing, Miracle, Mindfulness

  Thich Nhat Hanh (1996). “The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation”, p.14, Beacon Press

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• The secret to happiness is happiness itself. Wherever we are, any time, we have the capacity to enjoy the sunshine, the presence of each other, the wonder of our breathing. We don't have to travel anywhere else to do so. We can be in touch with these things right now.

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  Happiness, Time, Travel

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2005). “Wisdom from Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life”, p.63, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• The Buddha said, 'Nothing can survive without food.' This is a very simple and very deep truth. Love and hate are both living phenomena. If we do not nourish our love, it will die and may turn into hate. If we want love to last, we have to nurture it and give it food every day. Hate is the same; if we don't feed it, it cannot survive.

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  Motivational, Hate, Simple

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• Meditation is not meant to help us avoid problems or run away from difficulties. It is meant to allow positive healing to take place. To meditate is to learn how to stop—to stop being carried away by our regrets about the past, our anger or despair in the present, or our worries about the future.

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  Running, Regret, Anger

  Thich Nhat Hanh, Nguyen Anh-Huong (2006). “Walking Meditation”, p.9, Sounds True

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• We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we'll also have a lot more joy in living.

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  Inspirational, Life, Change

  "Exclusive Interview With Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh". Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 21, 2010.

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• Be angry, it's okay. To be angry, that is very human. And to learn how to smile at your anger and make peace with your anger is very nice.

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  Nice, Okay, Making Peace

  "Building a Community of Love: bell hooks and Thich Nhat Hanh". plumvillage.org. January 1, 2000.

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• 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.

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  Motivational, Spring, Water

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

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• As long as you find something beautiful, good, and true to believe in and abide by, you have the equivalent of God in your life.

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  Beautiful, Believe, Long

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2004). “Creating True Peace: Ending Violence in Yourself, Your Family, Your Community, and the World”, p.158, Simon and Schuster

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• The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.

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  Happiness, Heart, Positivity

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2003). “No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom for Life”, p.77, Penguin

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• I have arrived. I am home. My destination is in each step.

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  Home, Steps, Destination

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• If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.

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  Friendship, True Love, Positivity

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2007). “Living Buddha, Living Christ 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.20, Penguin

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• The present moment is the substance with which the future is made. Therefore, the best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present moment. What else can you do?

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  Substance, Care, Way

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