Quotes from Nhat Hanh

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.

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

Freedom from suffering is a great happiness.

You can only recognize your happiness against the background of suffering.

Happiness is the cessation of suffering.

A smile can change the situation of the world.

Freedom is the real foundation of happiness.

Happiness is not an individual matter. When you are able to bring relief, or bring back the smile to one person, not only that person profits, but you also profit.

Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it.

Go back and take care of yourself. Your body needs you, your feelings need you, your perceptions need you. Your suffering needs you to acknowledge it. Go home and be there for all these things.

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

Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.

If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today

I vow to live fully in each moment.

Many of us worry about the situation of the world . . . We need to remain calm, to see clearly. Meditation is a means to be aware, and to try to help.

It is not a matter of faith, it is a matter of practice

Real peace is not in power, money, or weapons, but in deep inner peace.

Anyone who is practicing understanding and compassion can exemplify true power. Anyone can be a Buddha.

Many Communist government officials have a rigid, dictatorial power, but they live in constant suspicion and fear of anything that might undermine the power they have.

The first thing I learned was that even if you have a lot of money and power and fame, you can still suffer very deeply.

Mindful time spent with the person we love is the fullest expression of true love and real generosity.

If you are motivated by loving kindness and compassion, there are many ways to bring happiness to others right now, starting with kind speech.

No one is more worthy of your kindness and compassion than you are.

If you have the chance to be exposed to a loving, understanding environment where the seed of compassion, loving kindness, can be watered every day, then you become a more loving person.