Quotes from Nhat Hanh

We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.

Freedom is the basic condition for you to touch life, to touch the blue sky, the trees, the birds, the tea, and the other person.

People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don't suffer anymore.

Each moment you are alive is a gem. It needs you to breathe gently for the miracles to be displayed.

There is no enlightenment outside of daily life.

Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. Whenever your mind becomes scattered, use your breath as the means to take hold of your mind again.

Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.

If you abandon the present moment, you cannot live the moments of your daily life deeply.

You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.

The heart of the matter is always our oneness with divine spirit, our union with all life.

You are like fireworks. You go out into your children, your friends, your society, and the whole world.

Artists have to show us what is not going well within the person and within the society, not try to cover it up.

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

As we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish peace and happiness in those we love.

Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.

To be spiritual means to be solid, calm, and peaceful and to be able to look deeply inside and around us.

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.

Root out the violence in your life, and learn to live compassionately and mindfully. Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others is possible.

Life is available only in the present moment.

Nothing is more precious than being in the present moment. Fully alive, fully aware.

Breathe and you dwell in the here and now, breath and you see impermanence is life.

Impermanence is very important, crucial for life. That is why instead of complaining about impermanence you have to say "Long live impermanence!"

Our life is a manifestation, and we can very well make that manifestation beautiful and meaningful and have a good influence.

When we enter the present moment deeply, our regrets and sorrows disappear, and we discover life with all its wonders.