Thich Nhat Hanh Citations
Thich Nhat Hanh: Citations en anglais
“I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.”
Source: Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
Source: Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
Source: Touching Peace: Practicing the Art of Mindful Living
“The wave does not need to die to become water. She is already water.”
Source: The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
Source: The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
Source: Understanding Our Mind: 50 Verses on Buddhist Psychology
“When you begin to see that your enemy is suffering, that is the beginning of insight.”
Source: Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
Peace Is Every Step : The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life (1992) Bantam reissue
Source: Being Peace
Contexte: 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.”
Variante: Because you are alive, everything is possible.
Source: Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers
Variante: 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.”
Source: True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart
“If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love.”
Variante: if your love is only a will to possess, its not love
Source: Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
“We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.”
As quoted in Visions from Earth (2004) by James Miller
Quoted in A Lifetime of Peace : Essential Writings by and About Thich Nhat Hanh (2003) edited by Jennifer Schwamm Willis, p. 141
Source: You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment
“If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.”
Source: Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
“Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.”
Source: Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha
The Miracle of Mindfulness (1999)
Source: The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
Contexte: To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is. A pessimistic attitude can never create the calm and serene smile which blossoms on the lips of Bodhisattvas and all those who obtain the way.
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