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“Those who are without compassion cannot see what is seen with the eyes of compassion.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Source: The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation

“Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

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

“When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Variant: If you love someone, the greatest gift you can give them is your presence
Source: No Death, No Fear

“It is possible to live twenty-four hours a day in a state of love. Every movement, every glance, every thought, and every word can be infused with love.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

“The fact is that when you make the other suffer, he will try to find relief by making you suffer more. The result is an escalation of suffering on both sides.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Source: Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames

“Being rich is an obstacle to loving. When you are rich, you want to continue to be rich, and so you end up devoting all your time, all your energy, in your daily life to stay rich.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Source: True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart

“Guarding knowledge is not a good way to understand. Understanding means to throw away your knowledge.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Source: Being Peace

“I have lost my smile,
but don't worry.
The dandelion has it.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

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

“Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

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

“A human being is like a television set with millions of channels…. We cannot let just one channel dominate us. We have the seed of everything in us, and we have to recover our own sovereignty.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

“As long as you find something beautiful, good, and true to believe in and abide by, you have the equivalent of God in your life.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Source: Creating True Peace: Ending Violence in Yourself, Your Family, Your Community, and the World

“We will not just say, "I love him very much," but instead, "I will do something so that he will suffer less." The mind of compassion is truly present when it is effective in removing another person's suffering.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

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

“An oak tree is an oak tree. That is all it has to do. If an oak tree is less than an oak tree, then we are all in trouble.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Source: Being Peace

“Your true home is in the here and the now. It is not limited by time, space, nationality, or race.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

&quot;Returning Home&quot; http://www.shambhalasun.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=2877&amp;Itemid=0, Shambhala Sun (March 2006) <br class="br">Source: Your True Home: The Everyday Wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh: 365 days of practical, powerful teachings from the beloved Zen teacher

“When our beliefs are based on our own direct experience of reality and not on notions offered by others, no one can remove these beliefs from us.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Source: Living Buddha, Living Christ

“Happiness does not come from consumption of things.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Source: Creating True Peace: Ending Violence in Yourself, Your Family, Your Community, and the World

“The Three Kinds of Pride are: (1) thinking I am better than the other(s); (2) thinking I am worse than the other(s); and (3) thinking I am just as good as the other(s).”

Thich Nhat Hanh

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