Thich Nhat Hanh

Everyday we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child – our own two eyes. All is a miracle.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Everything inside and around us wants to reflect itself in us. We don’t have to go anywhere to obtain the truth. We only need to be still and things will reveal themselves in the still water of our heart.

Thich Nhat Hanh

For our dialogue to be open, we need to open our hearts, set aside our prejudices, listen deeply, and represent truthfully what we know and understand.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. It is a daily practice.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Happiness and suffering support each other. To be is to inter-be. It’s like the left and the right. If the left is not there, the right cannot be there. The same is true with suffering and happiness, good and evil.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Happiness is the cessation of suffering.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Harm no person, animal, plant or mineral.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Hatred and fear blind us. We no longer see each other. We see only the faces of monsters, and that gives us the courage to destroy each other.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Home is the place where loneliness disappears. When we’re home, we feel warm, comfortable, safe, fulfilled.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.

Thich Nhat Hanh