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“The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. (21)”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Source: Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

“The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

“Suffering is not enough. Life is both dreadful and wonderful… How can I smile when I am filled with so much sorrow? It is natural--you need to smile to your sorrow because you are more than your sorrow.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

“I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Source: Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames

“The source of love is deep in us and we can help others realize a lot of happiness. One word, one action, one thought can reduce another person’s suffering and bring that person joy.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

“When you say something really unkind, when you do something in retaliation your anger increases. You make the other person suffer, and he will try hard to say or to do something back to get relief from his suffering. That is how conflict escalates.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Source: Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames

“When we are mindful, deeply in touch with the present moment, our understanding of what is going on deepens, and we begin to be filled with acceptance, joy, peace and love.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

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

Thich Nhat Hanh

Source: Touching Peace: Practicing the Art of Mindful Living

“I have noticed that people are dealing too much with the negative, with what is wrong…. Why not try the other way, to look into the patient and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?”

Thich Nhat Hanh

“Usually when we hear or read something new, we just compare it to our own ideas. If it is the same, we accept it and say that it is correct. If it is not, we say it is incorrect. In either case, we learn nothing.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Source: The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

“If you suffer and make your loved ones suffer, there is nothing that can justify your desire.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Source: The Art of Power

“Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Source: Being Peace

“My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground on which I stand.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Source: Understanding Our Mind: 50 Verses on Buddhist Psychology

“The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

“It is my conviction that there is no way to peace - peace is the way.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Source: The Art of Power

“When you begin to see that your enemy is suffering, that is the beginning of insight.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Source: Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

“If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Peace Is Every Step : The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life (1992) Bantam reissue
Source: Being Peace
Context: If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. If we really know how to live, what better way to start the day than with a smile? Our smile affirms our awareness and determination to live in peace and joy. The source of a true smile is an awakened mind.

“Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Variant: Because you are alive, everything is possible.
Source: Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers

“The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Variant: Life can be found only in the present moment. The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.

“In true love, you attain freedom.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Source: True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart