Quotes by Thich Nhat Hanh

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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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Love has no meaning without understanding

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Many people think excitement is happiness.... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.

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It is my conviction that there is no way to peace - peace is the way.

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The teachings of the Buddha could be summarized in four short sentences. ... [The Buddha] said ... The bad things, don't do them. The good things, try to do them. Try to purify, subdue your own mind. That is the teaching of all buddhas.

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To dwell in the here and now does not mean you never think about the past or responsibly plan for the future. The idea is simply not to allow yourself to get lost in regrets about the past or worries about the future. If you are firmly grounded in th...

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If you suffer and make your loved ones suffer, there is nothing that can justify your desire.

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If we take something to be the truth, we may cling to it so much that when the truth comes and knocks on our door, we won't want to let it in.

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If we practice walking meditation, we walk just for walking, not to arrive.

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This is Buddhist meditation-to penetrate, to be one with, in order to really understand.

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In the light of Buddhist meditation, love is impossible without understanding.

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There is nowhere to arrive except the present moment.

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But work is life only when done in mindfulness. otherwise, one becomes life the person "who lives as though dead." We need to light our own torch in order to carry on. But the life of each one of us is connected with the life of those around us. If w...

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Only this actual moment is life.

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We talk about social service, service to the people, service to humanity, service to others who are far away, helping to bring peace to the world - but often we forget that it is the very people around us that we must live for first of all. If you ca...

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Feelings, whether of compassion or irritation, should be welcomed, recognized, and treated on an absolutely equal basis; because both are ourselves. The tangerine I am eating is me. The mustard greens I am planting are me. I plant with all my heart a...

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Mindfulness is like that—it is the miracle which can call back in a flash our dispersed mind and restore it to wholeness so that we can live each minute of life.

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Those who are without compassion cannot see what is seen with the eyes of compassion.

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Everyday 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.

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The son needs the father to have access to his source, and the father needs the son to have access to the future and the infinite.

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