Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes

To meditate does not mean to fight with a problem.
To meditate means to observe.

Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.

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

The Zen master Lin Chi said, “The miracle is not to walk on water but to walk on the Earth.”

There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.

Drink your tea slowly and reverently,

As if it is the axis on which the whole earth revolves

Slowly, evenly without rushing toward the future.

Live the actual moment.

Only this moment is life.

The tears I shed yesterday have become rain.

If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything

The true miracle is not walking on water or walking in air, but simply walking on this earth.

When we come into contact with the other person, our thoughts and actions should express our mind of compassion, even if that person says and does things that are not easy to accept. We practice in this way until we see clearly that our love is not contingent upon the other person being lovable.

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.

Understanding and Love are not two separate things, but just one. To develop understanding, you have to practice looking at all living beings with the eyes of compassion. When you understand, you cannot help but love. And when you love, you naturally act in a way that can relieve the suffering of people

Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.

The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention.