Thich Nhat Hanh: Trending quotes (page 8)

“The raft is used to cross the river. It isn't to be carried around on your shoulders. The finger which points at the moon isn't the moon itself.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

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

“Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

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

Death , Birth , Reality

“The main affliction of our modern civilization is that we don’t know how to handle the suffering inside us and we try to cover it up with all kinds of consumption.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Source: No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

Affliction , Suffering

“When you love someone, you have to offer that person the best you have. The best thing we can offer another person is our true presence.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Source: No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

Love , Personality

“I will practice coming back to the present moment… not letting regrets and sorrow drag me back into the past or letting anxieties, fears, or cravings pull me out…”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Source: Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life

Fear , Past

“Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Source: Love in Action: Writings on Nonviolent Social Change

Love , Way , Suffering

“To love without knowing how to love wounds the person we love.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Source: How to Love

Love , Personality

“Preventing war is much better than protesting against the war. Protesting the war is too late.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Source: Being Peace

War

“The Buddha also counseled the monks and nuns to avoid wasting any precious time by engaging in idle conversation, oversleeping, pursuing fame and recognition, chasing after desires, spending time with people of poor character, and being satisfied with only a shallow understanding of the teaching.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Old Path White Clouds : Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha (1991) Parallax Press ISBN 81-216-0675-6

People , Understanding , Time

“Contemplating the bowl, it is possible to see the interdependent elements which give rise to the bowl.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Old Path White Clouds : Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha (1991) Parallax Press ISBN 81-216-0675-6

“The leaf and his body were one. Neither possessed a separate permanent self. Neither could exist independently from the rest of the universe.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Old Path White Clouds : Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha (1991)

Universe

“The same clouds that Buddha had seen were in the sky. Each serene step brought to life the old path and white clouds of the Buddha. The path of Buddha was beneath his very feet.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Old Path White Clouds : Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha (1991) Parallax Press ISBN 81-216-0675-6

Life

“When you understand the roots of anger in yourself and in the other, your mind will enjoy true peace, joy and lightness”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Teachings on Love (2005) Full Circle Publishing ISBN 81-7621-167-2

Peace , Understanding , Light , Joy

“Seeds can produce seeds
Seeds can produce formations.
Formations can produce seeds.
Formations can produce formations.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Understanding Our Mind (2006) Parallax Press ISBN 978-81-7223-796-7

“When you feel anger arising, remember to return to your breathing and follow it. The other person may see that you are practicing, and she may even apologize.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Teachings on Love (2005) Full Circle Publishing ISBN 81-7621-167-2

Feeling , Personality , Anger

“Venerable Svasti and the young buffalo boys were rivers that flowed from that source. Wherever the rivers flowed, the Buddha would be there.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Old Path White Clouds : Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha (1991) Parallax Press ISBN 81-216-0675-6

Boy

“Freedom from suffering is a great happiness.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Old Path White Clouds : Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha (1991) Parallax Press ISBN 81-216-0675-6

Freedom , Suffering , Happiness

“The quality of our life
depends on the quality
of the seeds
that lie deep in our consciousness.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Understanding Our Mind (2006) Parallax Press ISBN 978-81-7223-796-7

Life , Lie , Dependency

“Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. If you are not capable of generating that kind of energy toward yourself — if you are not capable of taking care of yourself, of nourishing yourself, of protecting yourself — it is very difficult to take care of another person.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Quoted on his official website (30 December 2008) http://www.plumvillage.org/

Love , Personality

“The present moment
contains past and future.
The secret of transformation,
is in the way we handle this very moment.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Understanding Our Mind (2006) Parallax Press ISBN 978-81-7223-796-7

Secret , Way , Past , Future