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55 Best Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes (TRUE LOVE)

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“When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending.”

Thich Nhat Hanh
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.
Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.
Many people are alive but don't touch the miracle of being alive.
Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.
People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.
I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.
Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.
Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything – anger, anxiety, or possessions – we cannot be free.
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.
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.
When we are mindful, deeply in touch with the present moment, our understanding of what is going on deepens, and we begin to be filled with acceptance, joy, peace and love.
When we are mindful, deeply in touch with the present moment, our understanding of what is going on deepens, and we begin to be filled with acceptance, joy, peace and love.
We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.
Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.
Life is available only in the present moment.
Life is available only in the present moment.
Because you are alive, everything is possible.
Because you are alive, everything is possible.

22 Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes on Peace and Compassion (MINDFULNESS)

“By eating meat we share the responsibility of climate change, the destruction of our forests, and the poisoning of our air and water. The simple act of becoming a vegetarian will make a difference in the health of our planet.”

Thich Nhat Hanh
Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
Many people think excitement is happiness... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.
Many people think excitement is happiness… But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.
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.
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.
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.
The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.

“Suffering is not enough. Life is both dreadful and wonderful… How can I smile when I am filled with so much sorrow? It is natural – you need to smile to your sorrow because you are more than your sorrow.”

Thich Nhat Hanh
Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.
Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.
The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.
The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.
Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child—our own two eyes. All is a miracle.
Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child—our own two eyes. All is a miracle.
People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth.
People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth.
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.
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.
Meditation can help us embrace our worries, our fear, our anger; and that is very healing. We let our own natural capacity of healing do the work.
Meditation can help us embrace our worries, our fear, our anger; and that is very healing. We let our own natural capacity of healing do the work.

“Without suffering, there’s no happiness. So we shouldn’t discriminate against the mud. We have to learn how to embrace and cradle our own suffering and the suffering of the world, with a lot of tenderness.”

Thich Nhat Hanh
Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.
Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.
Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos — the trees, the clouds, everything.
Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos — the trees, the clouds, everything.
You have to learn how to help a wounded child while still practicing mindful breathing. You should not allow yourself to get lost in action. Action should be meditation at the same time.
You have to learn how to help a wounded child while still practicing mindful breathing. You should not allow yourself to get lost in action. Action should be meditation at the same time.
Be Yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle. Just Be.
Be Yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle. Just Be.
The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.
The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.
There are many, many Christians who practice Buddhism, and they become better and better Christians all the time.
There are many, many Christians who practice Buddhism, and they become better and better Christians all the time.
Smile, breathe and go slowly.
Smile, breathe and go slowly.

20 Inspirational Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes About Life and Love (THE ART OF COMMUNICATING)

“Through my love for you, I want to express my love for the whole cosmos, the whole of humanity, and all beings. By living with you, I want to learn to love everyone and all species. If I succeed in loving you, I will be able to love everyone and all species on Earth… This is the real message of love.”

Thich Nhat Hanh
You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.
If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.
In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
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.
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.
Your purpose is to be yourself. You don’t have to run anywhere to become someone else. You are wonderful just as you are.
Your purpose is to be yourself. You don’t have to run anywhere to become someone else. You are wonderful just as you are.
A true partner or friend is one who encourages you to look deep inside yourself for the beauty and love you’ve been seeking.
A true partner or friend is one who encourages you to look deep inside yourself for the beauty and love you’ve been seeking.
Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.
Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.
I would not look upon anger as something foreign to me that I have to fight… I have to deal with my anger with care, with love, with tenderness, with nonviolence.
I would not look upon anger as something foreign to me that I have to fight… I have to deal with my anger with care, with love, with tenderness, with nonviolence.
My actions are my only true belongings.
My actions are my only true belongings.
Don’t do any task in order to get it over with. Resolve to do each job in a relaxed way, with all your attention. Enjoy and be one with your work.
Don’t do any task in order to get it over with. Resolve to do each job in a relaxed way, with all your attention. Enjoy and be one with your work.
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.
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.
For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.
For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.
Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.
Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves – slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.
We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.
We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.
In order to rally people, governments need enemies… if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us.
In order to rally people, governments need enemies… if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us.
Fearlessness is not only possible, it is the ultimate joy. When you touch nonfear, you are free.
Fearlessness is not only possible, it is the ultimate joy. When you touch nonfear, you are free.
Life is available only in the present. That is why we should walk in such a way that every step can bring us to the here and the now.
Life is available only in the present. That is why we should walk in such a way that every step can bring us to the here and the now.
What you are looking for is already in you… You already are everything you are seeking.
What you are looking for is already in you… You already are everything you are seeking.
Our own life has to be our message.
Our own life has to be our message.

Thich Nhat Hanh Short Biography

Born on 11 October 1926 in Huế, Thừa Thiên-Huế Province, French Indochina, Thich Nhat Hanh is a Buddhist monk, a spiritual leader, and a peace activist. 

At the tender age of 16, Nhat Hanh entered the monastery. He then graduated from Báo Quốc Buddhist Academy and in 1957 he was ordained as a Bhikkhu. 

In 1961, Nhat Hanh moved to the United States and became a teacher at Princeton University, where he taught comparative religion. He would also lecture on Buddhism at Columbia University. 

In 1966, Nhat Hanh was introduced to Martin Luther King, jr. Nhat Hanh had asked King to speak out against the Vietnam War publicly. King then penned his speech entitled; Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence. 

In the same year, Nhat Hanh established the monastic and lay group the Order of Interbeing, of which he was head. He also founded the School of Youth for Social Service an organization of Buddhist peace workers that would give aid to rural areas. 

Nhat Hanh was very influential to the spread of Buddhism and its practices around the world, especially in Western Culture.

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