Thich Nhat Hanh

We ourselves need love; it’s not only society, the world outside, that needs love. But we can’t expect that love to come from outside of us. We should ask the question whether we are capable of loving ourselves as well as others.

Thich Nhat Hanh

We should live every day like people who have just been rescued from the moon.

Thich Nhat Hanh

We try to live every moment like that, dwelling peacefully in the present moment, and respond to events with compassion.

Thich Nhat Hanh

We turn on the TV and leave it on, allowing someone else to guide us, shape us, and destroy us.

Thich Nhat Hanh

When a person’s speech is full of anger, it is because he or she suffers deeply.

Thich Nhat Hanh

When conditions are sufficient things manifest. When conditions are no longer sufficient things withdraw. They wait until the moment is right for them to manifest again.

Thich Nhat Hanh

When our work and life has a spiritual dimension, we’re able to sustain ourselves, take care of ourselves, and avoid burning out.

Thich Nhat Hanh

When solving a problem or seeking insight for a situation, entrust the task to a deeper level of our consciousness and not our thinking mind.

Thich Nhat Hanh

When we change our daily lives – the way we think, speak and act – we change the world.

Thich Nhat Hanh

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

Thich Nhat Hanh