753 Quotes by Nhat Hanh

The roots of war are in the way we live our daily lives -- the way we develop our industries, build up our society, and consume goods.

Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed.

Every step taken in mindfulness brings us one step closer to healing ourselves and the planet.

I would not look upon anger as something foreign to me that I have to fight... I have to deal with my anger with care, with love, with tenderness, with nonviolence.

Wisdom and joy arise when you learn to exist now rather than in the nonexistent past or future.

Love doesn't have any color. Other people may discriminate against us, but what is more important is whether we discriminate against them. If we don't do that, we are a happier person, and as a happier person, we are in a position to help. And anger, this is not a help.

True self is non-self, the awareness that the self is made only of non-self elements. There's no separation between self and other, and everything is interconnected. Once you are aware of that you are no longer caught in the idea that you are a separate entity.

When our beliefs are based on our own direct experience of reality and not on notions offered by others, no one can remove these beliefs from us.

Transformations is the word. We can do the work of transformation only in the present moment