864 Quotes by Thich Nhat Hanh

Meditation is not to avoid society; it is to look deep to have the kind of insight you need to take action. To think that it is just to sit down and enjoy the calm and peace, is wrong.

There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.

If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace.

People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don't suffer anymore.

You carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment. In that insight of inter-being, it is possible to have real communication with the Earth, which is the highest form of prayer.

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

It's very important that we re-learn the art of resting and relaxing. Not only does it help prevent the onset of many illnesses that develop through chronic tension and worrying; it allows us to clear our minds, focus, and find creative solutions to problems.

We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If we only think of ourselves, if we know only our own needs and ignore the needs of the other person, we cannot love.

Many of us have been running all our lives. Practice stopping.