Thich Nhat Hanh

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Suffering has many faces. If we discover the roots of one suffering, we are at the same time discovering the roots of others.

Thich Nhat Hanh

The moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting others.

Thich Nhat Hanh

The more we see, the more we understand. The more we understand, the easier it is for us to have compassion and love. Understanding is the source of love. Understanding is love itself. Understanding is another name for love; love is another name for understanding.

Thich Nhat Hanh

The purpose of a vacation is to have the time to rest. But many of us, even when we go on vacation, don’t know how to rest. We may even come back more tired than before we left.

Thich Nhat Hanh

The source of suffering is a false belief in permanence and the existence of separate selves.

Thich Nhat Hanh

There is no single entity whose identity is changeless. All things are constantly changing. Nothing endures forever or contains a changeless element called a ‘self.’

Thich Nhat Hanh

To abandon the present in order to look for things in the future is to throw away the substance and hold onto the shadow.

Thich Nhat Hanh

To be a monk is to have time to practice for your transformation and healing. And after that to help with the transformation and healing of other people.

Thich Nhat Hanh

To be and not to be are just two ideas opposing each other. But they are not reality, and they do not describe reality.

Thich Nhat Hanh