Quotes from Thich Nhat Hanh

Thus we are sucked away into the future—and we are incapable of actually living one minute of life.

Learn to look at other beings with the eyes of compassion

it's easier to refrain from sexual activity altogether than to maintain a harmonious sexual relationship.

One day, when you face this beast alone with your courage intact, your eyes kind, untroubled (even as no one sees them), out of your smile will bloom a flower. And those who love you will behold you across ten thousand worlds of birth and dying.

Don't wait for tomorrow. Tomorrow may be too late. If we know how to live according the insight of impermanence, we will not make many mistakes. We can be happy right now. We can love our beloved, care for her, and make her happy today. And we won't run toward the future, losing our life, which is available only in the present moment.

Thinking of yourself as or calling yourself a Buddhist can be a disadvantage because if you wear the title Buddhist that may be an obstacle which prevents others from discovering the human being in you.

Freedom is a practice and a habit. We have to train ourselves to walk as a free person, sit as a free person, and eat as a free person. We need to train ourselves how to live.

Many of us spend a lot of time sitting—too much time. We sit at our jobs, we sit at our computers, and we sit in our cars. To sit, in this book, means to sit in such a way that you enjoy sitting, to sit in a relaxed way, with your mind awake, calm, and clear. This is what we call sitting , and it takes some training and practice.

If one of you finds out the cause, that person should communicate right away and apologize for being unskillful so that the other person doesn't continue to suffer.

The past no longer is, the future is not yet here; there is only one moment in which life is available, and that is the present moment.

Understanding is the very foundation of love. When you understand someone, you cannot help but love him or her.

Vá»›i má»™t mi?ng gá»— m?m và Æ°á»›t thì ta không th? nào c? xát làm cho lá»­a phát sinh ???c. Thân th? ta cÅ©ng v?y, n?u thân th? ta còn b? v?t d?c kh?ng ch? thì tâm ta khó có th? ??t tá»›i gi?i thoát.

My Dharma is the practice of nonpractice.

We don't need to control our body, mind, and breath. We can just be there for them. We allow them to be themselves. This is nonviolence.

Concentration on impermanence and nonself leads to the insight of impermanence and nonself.

You need to have the gift of non-fear within you in order to be able to offer it to others.

Th? giá»›i là th? giá»›i c?a tri giác; tri giác chính xác thì thá»±c t?i hi?n lá»™, tri giác sai l?m thì thá»±c t?i chìm l?n.

The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.

Part of acknowledging suffering is acknowledging we need help. It is much easier to practice compassion if you have the energy and support of a community.

Reconcile with yourself for the sake of the world , for the sake of all living beings . Your peace and serenity are crucial for all of us .

Q. What will happen to our consciousness after we die? A. What happens to consciousness when we're still alive? If you can answer that question, the other question will be answered as well.

Con ng??i s? dÄ© l?n h?p trong kh? Ä'au là vì nh?n th?c sai l?m c?a mình: vô th??ng thì cho là th??ng, vô ngã thì cho là ngã, không sinh di?t thì cho là có sinh di?t, cùng chung má»™t tá»± tính mà l?i cho là riêng l? tách bi?t.

Instead of describing sitting meditation as the practice of concentration, looking deeply, and getting insight, I like to describe sitting as enjoying doing nothing.

Truth is found in life and not merely in conceptual knowledge.