753 Quotes by Nhat Hanh

Sometimes we believe that happiness is not possible in the here and now, that we need a few more conditions to be happy. So we run toward the future to get the conditions we think are missing. But by doing so we sacrifice the present moment; we sacrifice true life.

And once we have the condition of peace and joy in us, we can afford to be in any situation. Even in the situation of hell, we will be able to contribute our peace and serenity. The most important thing is for each of us to have some freedom in our heart, some stability in our heart, some peace in our heart. Only then will we be able to relieve the suffering around us.

One Buddha is not enough; we need to have many Buddhas.

Machine thinking is the opposite of mindfulness. If we're really engaged in mindfulness when walking along the path to the village, then we will consider the act of each step we take as an infinite wonder, and a joy will open our hearts like a flower, enabling us to enter the world of reality.

If you think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive.

Do not be idolatrous about or bound to any doctrine, theory, or ideology, even Buddhist ones. All systems of thought are guiding means; they are not absolute truth.

When it comes to health and well-being, regular exercise is about as close to a magic potion as you can get.

The present moment is the only moment available to us and it is the door to all other moments.

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