Top 450 Nhat Hanh Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “Working for peace in the future is to work for peace in the present moment.”

— Nhat Hanh

102. “Every word, every look, every action, and every smile can bring happiness to others.”

— Nhat Hanh

103. “If you abandon the present moment, you cannot live the moments of your daily life deeply.”

— Nhat Hanh

104. “Peace in every step. The shining red sun is my heart. Each flower smiles with me. How green, how fresh all that grows. How cool the wind blows. Peace is every step. It turns the endless path to joy.”

— Nhat Hanh

105. “Impermanence is very important, crucial for life. That is why instead of complaining about impermanence you have to say “Long live impermanence!””

— Nhat Hanh

106. “Buddhism is in your heart. Even if you don’t have any temple or any monks, you can still be a Buddhist in your heart and life.”

— Nhat Hanh

107. “The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence.”

— Nhat Hanh

108. “Fearlessness is not only possible, it is the ultimate joy. When you touch nonfear, you are free.”

— Nhat Hanh

109. “Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.”

— Nhat Hanh

110. “You are me, and I am you. Isn’t it obvious that we “inter-are”? You cultivate the flower in yourself, so that I will be beautiful. I transform the garbage in myself, so that you will not have to suffer.”

— Nhat Hanh

111. “The moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting others.”

— Nhat Hanh

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

— Nhat Hanh

113. “If we practice mindfulness, we always have a place to be when we are afraid.”

— Nhat Hanh

114. “I am you and you are me; it is obvious we inter-are.”

— Nhat Hanh

115. “If you are truly present and know how to take care of the present moment as best you can, you are doing your best for the future already.”

— Nhat Hanh

116. “In Zen Buddhism, the greater your doubt, the greater will be your enlightenment. That is why doubt can be a good thing. If you are too sure, if you always have conviction, then you may be caught in your wrong perception for a long time.”

— Nhat Hanh

117. “Buddhism teaches us not to try to run away from suffering. You have to confront suffering. You have to look deeply into the nature of suffering in order to recognize its cause, the making of the suffering.”

— Nhat Hanh

118. “Breathing in, there is only the present moment. Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment.”

— Nhat Hanh

119. “The root-word “buddha” means to wake up, to know, to understand; and he or she who wakes up and understands is call a Buddha. It is as simple as that. The capacity to wake up, to understand, and to love is called Buddha nature.”

— Nhat Hanh

120. “Every feeling is a field of energy. A pleasant feeling is an energy which can nourish. Irritation is a feeling which can destroy. Under the light of awareness, the energy of irritation can be transformed into and energy which nourishes.”

— Nhat Hanh

121. “Only your compassion and your loving kindness are invincible, and without limit.”

— Nhat Hanh

122. “Spiritual practice is not just sitting and meditation. Practice is looking, thinking, touching, drinking, eating and talking. Every act, every breath, and every step can be practice and can help us to become more ourselves.”

— Nhat Hanh

123. “Meditation is not passive sitting in silence. It is sitting in awareness, free from distraction, and realizing the clear understanding that arises from concentration.”

— Nhat Hanh

124. “When we live in the spirit of gratitude, there will be much happiness in our life. The one who is grateful is the one who has much happiness while the one who is ungrateful will not be able to have happiness.”

— Nhat Hanh

125. “We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.”

— Nhat Hanh

126. “At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it.”

— Nhat Hanh

127. “Our capacity to make peace with another person and with the world depends very much on our capacity to make peace with ourselves.”

— Nhat Hanh

128. “My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground on which I stand.”

— Nhat Hanh

129. “To live in the present moment is a miracle. The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green Earth in the present moment, to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now.”

— Nhat Hanh

130. “Guarding knowledge is not a good way to understand. Understanding means to throw away your knowledge.”

— Nhat Hanh

131. “We need to be aware of the suffering, but retain our clarity, calmness and strength so we can help transform the situation.”

— Nhat Hanh

132. “To take good care of yourself and to take good care of living beings and of the environment is the best way to love God.”

— Nhat Hanh

133. “The heart of the matter is always our oneness with divine spirit, our union with all life.”

— Nhat Hanh

134. “Maybe we have enough technology to save the planet but it is not enough because the people are not ready.”

— Nhat Hanh

135. “Find joy and peace in this very moment.”

— Nhat Hanh

136. “Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.”

— Nhat Hanh

137. “A bodhisattva is someone who has compassion within himself or herself and who is able to make another person smile or help someone suffer less. Every one of us is capable of this.”

— Nhat Hanh

138. “The 7 factors of enlightenment: mindfullness, investigation of mental objects, energy, joy, tranquility, concentration and equanimity.”

— Nhat Hanh

139. “You are a miracle, and everything you touch could be a miracle.”

— Nhat Hanh

140. “Every path, every street in the world is your walking meditation path.”

— Nhat Hanh

141. “Earth will be safe when we feel in us enough safety.”

— Nhat Hanh

142. “We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we’ll also have a lot more joy in living.”

— Nhat Hanh

143. “Though we all have the fear and the seeds of anger within us, we must learn not to water those seeds and instead nourish our positive qualities – those of compassion, understanding, and loving kindness.”

— Nhat Hanh

144. “In order to heal others, we first need to heal ourselves. And to heal ourselves, we need to know how to deal with ourselves.”

— Nhat Hanh

145. “Be Yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle. Just Be.”

— Nhat Hanh

146. “Today, you can decide to walk in freedom. You can choose to walk differently. You can walk as a free person, enjoying every step.”

— Nhat Hanh

147. “You cannot transmit wisdom and insight to another person. The seed is already there. A good teacher touches the seed, allowing it to wake up, to sprout, and to grow.”

— Nhat Hanh

148. “In one sheet of paper, we see everything else, the cloud, the forest, the logger. I am, therefore you are. You are, therefore I am. That is the meaning of the word “interbeing.” We interare.”

— Nhat Hanh

149. “Peace is present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything.”

— Nhat Hanh

150. “It is possible to live happily in the here and now. So many conditions of happiness are available-more than enough for you to be happy right now. You don’t have to run into the future in order to get more.”

— Nhat Hanh