Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes | Selected Quotes from Thich Nhat Hanh
Inspiring quotes from the great spiritual leader Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist. “Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.”
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
~ Thich Nhat HanhYou must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
~ Thich Nhat HanhOur own life has to be our message.
~ Thich Nhat HanhWalk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.
~ Thich Nhat HanhTo be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
~ Thich Nhat HanhWhen another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That's the message he is sending.
~ Thich Nhat HanhLetting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.
~ Thich Nhat HanhPeople usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child - our own two eyes. All is a miracle.
~ Thich Nhat HanhThe seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.
~ Thich Nhat HanhFor things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
