Thich Nhat Hanh

If you touch one thing with deep awareness, you touch everything.

Thich Nhat Hanh

In a relationship, we are nourishment for each other. So we have to select the kind of food we offer the other person, the kind of food that can help our relationships thrive.

Thich Nhat Hanh

In Buddhism, mindfulness is the key. Mindfulness is the energy that sheds light on all things and all activities, producing the power of concentration, bringing forth deep insight and awakening. Mindfulness is the base of Buddhist practice

Thich Nhat Hanh

In order to be loved, we have to love, which means we have to understand.

Thich Nhat Hanh

In the stormy ocean of life, take refuge in your wise self.

Thich Nhat Hanh

In true love, there is no pride.

Thich Nhat Hanh

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

Thich Nhat Hanh

It’s like growing lotus flowers. You cannot grow lotus flowers on marble. You have to grow them on the mud. Without mud you cannot have lotus flowers. Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Just breathing and smiling can make us very happy, because when we breathe consciously we recover ourselves completely and encounter life in the present moment.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos – the trees, the clouds, everything.

Thich Nhat Hanh