753 Quotes by Nhat Hanh

As long as we think our lives are not good enough (materially), we will not have happiness. As soon as we realize our lives are good enough, happiness immediately appears. That is the practice of contentment.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

In order to be loved, we have to love, which means we have to understand.

Walk so that your footprints bear only the marks of peaceful joy and complete freedom. To do this you have to learn to let go. Let go of your sorrows, let go of your worries. That is the secret of walking meditation.

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.

There are many, many Christians who practice Buddhism, and they become better and better Christians all the time.

In the mountains of wisdom no climbing is in vain.

The wave does not need to die to become water. She is already water.

Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace.