753 Quotes by Nhat Hanh

I am determined not to kill, not to let others kill, and not to support any act of killing in the world, in my thinking, and in my way of life.

The raft is used to cross the river. It isn’t to be carried around on your shoulders. The finger which points at the moon isn’t the moon itself.

By taking a look at your anger it can be transformed into the kind of energy that you need – understanding and compassion.

May our heart’s garden of awakening bloom with hundreds of flowers.

Around us, life bursts with miracles, a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops.

Wisdom is a living stream, not an icon to be preserved in a museum. Only when a practitioner finds the spring of wisdom in his or her own life can it flow to a future generation.

There are some people who eat an orange but don’t really eat it. They eat their sorrow, fear, anger, past, and future.

It is my conviction that there is no way to peace – peace is the way.

Don’t think you have to be solemn to meditate. To meditate, well, you have to smile a lot.