Inspirational Quotes & Positive Life Messages

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 Hanh
  • You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.

    ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
  • Our own life has to be our message.

    ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
  • Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.

    ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
  • To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

    ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
  • When 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 Hanh
  • Letting 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 Hanh
  • People 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 Hanh
  • The 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 Hanh
  • For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.

    ~ Thich Nhat Hanh